OnyxPDF Offers 50 PDF and Image Tools That Run Entirely in the Browser
A developer has built OnyxPDF, a collection of 50 tools, 32 for PDFs and 18 for images, that process files locally without uploading them to any server. The author argues that cloud uploads in typical online PDF services are unnecessary, since modern browsers using WebAssembly and Web Workers have enough capability to handle these tasks. Features include merging, splitting, compressing, OCR in seven languages, true redaction, document signing, and AES-256 encryption, with heavy processing kept off the main thread to avoid UI freezes. Image background removal is also performed on-device using a bundled segmentation model rather than a remote API. The tools are free and require no account.
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