PDFVerse

Free online PDF tools — edit, organize, convert, compress, protect, and repair PDFs right in your browser.

No sign-up. No watermarks on output. Most tools run entirely on your device, so your documents never leave your computer.

🌐 Live site	📱 Android app
pdfverse.pages.dev	downloadpdfverse.dpdns.org

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Android app

PDFVerse is also available as a native Android app — all 42 tools, wrapped with Capacitor.

📥 Download: https://downloadpdfverse.dpdns.org

• Free forever, no account needed
• Most tools work fully offline on your device
• New releases are published on the GitHub releases page — the download page always points to the latest APK

The APK is debug-signed, so Android will show an "unknown developer" warning during sideloading. This is expected for apps installed outside the Play Store.

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Features

42 tools across 6 categories. Every tool has its own page with step-by-step guidance and FAQs.

Organize PDF

Tool	What it does
Merge PDF	Combine multiple PDFs into one file
Split PDF	Split by page ranges or every N pages
Remove pages	Delete selected pages
Extract pages	Pull selected pages into a new PDF
Organize PDF	Reorder pages via drag & drop
Add Pages to PDF	Insert pages from another PDF at any position
Compare PDF	Page-by-page text & visual diff with report download
OCR PDF	Turn scans into searchable PDFs (on-device OCR)
Rotate PDF	Rotate all or selected pages
Add page numbers	Stamp page numbers with custom position & start

Edit PDF

Tool	What it does
PDF Editor	Edit text, add text/images, annotate, sign
Chat with PDF	Ask questions & summarize documents with AI
Compress PDF	Reduce file size with quality control
Add watermark	Text watermarks with opacity & rotation
Image watermark	Logo watermarks (PNG transparency supported)
Crop PDF	Trim page margins by percentage
PDF Forms	Fill form fields, optionally flatten
Header & Footer	Headers, footers, dates, filenames, page numbers
Sign PDF	Type, draw, or upload a signature
Repair PDF	Rebuild damaged/corrupted PDFs
Metadata Editor	Edit or strip title, author, keywords
Batch Compress · Batch Watermark · Batch Header & Footer · Batch Repair	Apply one operation to many files, download a ZIP

Convert to PDF

JPG to PDF · Scan to PDF · Word to PDF · PowerPoint to PDF · Excel to PDF · HTML to PDF

Convert from PDF

PDF to JPG · PDF to Word · PDF to Text · Extract Images · PDF to PowerPoint · PDF to Excel

PDF Security

Protect PDF (password encryption) · Unlock PDF · Redact PDF (permanent) · Batch Protect · Batch Unlock

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Screenshots

Home

Tool page

PDF Editor

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How it works

Browser-first architecture. The vast majority of tools run 100% client-side with pdf-lib, pdfjs-dist, and tesseract.js — files are never uploaded.

Server-side conversions. 8 conversion tools need heavier engines (Office rendering, table extraction) and run on the PDFVerse conversion API:

• Word / Excel / PowerPoint / HTML → PDF
• PDF → JPG / Word / Excel / PowerPoint

Files sent for conversion are transmitted securely, processed, and temporary copies are automatically deleted afterward (see /privacy).

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Tech Stack

Frontend

• TanStack Start (React 19, file-based routing) + Vite 8
• TypeScript · Tailwind CSS 4
• pdf-lib / @cantoo/pdf-lib, @pdf-lib/fontkit — PDF manipulation
• pdfjs-dist — rendering & text extraction
• tesseract.js — on-device OCR
• docx, jszip, lucide-react

Backend (pdf-backend/)

Deployed separately on Render (Docker).

• Node.js + Express + Multer — API & file intake
• Python — PyMuPDF, pdf2docx, pikepdf, Pillow, python-pptx, OpenCV — heavy conversions
• RAG (rag.js) — powers Chat with PDF

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Project Structure

PDFVerse/
├─ src/
│  ├─ routes/                  # File-based routes (TanStack Router)
│  │  ├─ index.tsx             # Home + tool grid
│  │  ├─ pdf.$slug.tsx         # Per-tool pages (42 tools)
│  │  ├─ pdf-editor.tsx        # Full PDF editor
│  │  ├─ api.chat-pdf.*.ts     # Chat-with-PDF API routes
│  │  ├─ blog*.tsx             # Blog
│  │  └─ privacy|terms|contact|report-abuse.tsx
│  ├─ components/
│  │  ├─ tools/                # ToolRunner, ToolFAQ, ChatWithPdf, ComparePdf
│  │  ├─ editor/               # PdfEditor, SignaturePad
│  │  ├─ site/                 # Header, Footer, HowToUse, Container
│  │  └─ theme/
│  ├─ lib/
│  │  ├─ pdf/                  # Tool registry & implementations
│  │  ├─ pdfTools.ts           # Catalog of all 42 tools
│  │  └─ toolFaqs.ts           # Per-tool FAQ content
│  ├─ router.tsx / client.tsx / start.ts / server.ts
│  └─ styles.css
├─ pdf-backend/                # Conversion API (Node + Python, Docker)
│  ├─ server.js
│  ├─ rag.js
│  ├─ requirements.txt
│  └─ Dockerfile
├─ public/                     # sitemap.xml, robots.txt, PWA manifest,
│                              # SEO assets, pdf.js worker
├─ index.html
├─ vite.config.ts
├─ wrangler.json               # Cloudflare Pages config
└─ package.json

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ and npm

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Surya-1301/PDFVerse.git
cd PDFVerse

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Configure environment

Create a .env file in the project root:

VITE_PDF_API_BASE_URL=https://render.com

For local backend development, point this at your local server (default http://localhost:4000).

4. Run the dev server

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000

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Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
VITE_PDF_API_BASE_URL	Yes	Base URL of the PDF conversion API (server-side tools + Chat with PDF)

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Available Scripts

Command	Description
npm run dev	Start the dev server
npm run build	Production build
npm run preview	Preview the production build
npm run lint	Run ESLint
npm run format	Format with Prettier
npm run deploy	Build and deploy to Cloudflare Pages

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Deployment

Frontend — Cloudflare Pages

• Build command: npm run build
• Build output directory: dist/client (see wrangler.json)
• Environment variable: VITE_PDF_API_BASE_URL

Or deploy via CLI: npm run deploy (requires wrangler login).

Backend — Render

• Service type: Web Service
• Environment: Docker
• Root directory: pdf-backend
• Dockerfile path: ./Dockerfile

Docker is recommended because the Python PDF tooling needs system-level packages.

To run the backend locally without Docker:

cd pdf-backend
npm install
npm start

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Backend API Overview

Base URL: VITE_PDF_API_BASE_URL

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/health	Health check
POST	/api/pdf/office-to-pdf	Word/Excel/PowerPoint → PDF
POST	/api/pdf/html-to-pdf	HTML → PDF
POST	/api/pdf-to-word	PDF → DOCX
POST	/api/pdf-to-excel	PDF → XLSX (table extraction)
POST	/api/pdf-to-powerpoint	PDF → PPTX
POST	/api/pdf-to-jpg	PDF pages → JPG (ZIP for multi-page)
POST	/api/compress	Server-side PDF compression
POST	/api/pdf/protect · /api/pdf/unlock · /api/pdf/redact	Security operations
POST	/api/pdf/compare	Server-side PDF comparison
POST	/api/pdf/batch/*	Batch protect / unlock / watermark / header-footer / repair
POST	/api/chat-pdf/upload · /api/chat-pdf/ask	Chat with PDF (RAG)

All POST endpoints accept multipart/form-data with a file field and return the processed file (or JSON for chat).

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Privacy & File Handling

• Browser tools: files never leave the user's device. No upload, no tracking of document contents.
• Server conversions: files are uploaded over HTTPS, processed, and temporary copies are automatically deleted. Uploaded documents are never used for advertising, profiling, or sale.
• Full details: https://pdfverse.pages.dev/privacy
• Report abuse: https://pdfverse.pages.dev/report-abuse

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SEO

• public/sitemap.xml — submitted to Search Console
• public/robots.txt — allows all, references sitemap
• Per-tool pages emit Open Graph / Twitter cards, WebApplication + BreadcrumbList JSON-LD, and FAQPage schema from the on-page FAQs
• public/llms.txt — LLM-friendly site summary

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.