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PDF tools that stay on your device.

Compress, convert, sign, merge, split, redact, and extract — all in your browser.

Whether you're fixing a contract at 11 pm, compressing a deck before a deadline, or redacting a lease before sending it to a stranger — you shouldn't have to upload it to someone else's server first. Every tool here runs locally in your browser. Your files never leave.

Start with Compress PDF → See all 37 PDF tools ↓

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No uploads Files stay on your device

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Works offline No internet needed

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No account needed Just open and use

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Own it forever One-time purchase, no subscription

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Most used

Compress PDF Ghostscript-powered. Up to 86 % smaller. → Merge PDFs Combine multiple PDFs. Drag to reorder. → Sign PDF Draw your signature, place it anywhere. → PDF to Word Convert PDF to editable .docx. → Edit PDF Click text to edit it directly. → OCR PDF Extract text from scanned PDFs. 4 languages. →

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What you can do with these.

PDFs are everywhere — contracts, invoices, reports, tax forms, slide decks, manuals. Most tools make you upload them to process them. That means your files travel through someone else's server, often with file size limits, watermarks, and subscription walls.

fwip runs entirely in your browser. When you compress a PDF, the file never leaves your device. When you sign one, the signature is embedded locally. When you redact, the content is permanently destroyed on your machine — not temporarily hidden on a server.

You can convert between PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and HTML. You can merge, split, rotate, crop, reorder pages. You can add page numbers, watermarks, or form fields. You can OCR a scanned document or flatten a fillable form. It's a complete PDF toolkit — and it's all local.

// JOBS TO BE DONE

Pick your problem.

Shrink a PDF for email

Attachments rejected? Compress to 86 % smaller without visible quality loss.

Compress PDF PDF to Grayscale

Sign a contract

Draw or upload your signature. Place it on any page, download immediately.

Sign PDF PDF Form Filler

Pull tables from a PDF

Select a table region and export to CSV or Excel. No manual retyping.

PDF to CSV PDF to Excel

Make a scan searchable

Run OCR on scanned pages. Add an invisible text layer so you can search and copy.

OCR PDF Make PDF Searchable

Combine documents

Merge multiple PDFs into one. Drag to reorder pages.

Merge PDFs Organize PDF

Protect sensitive content

Permanently redact text. Lock with a password. Add a watermark.

Redact PDF Lock PDF Watermark PDF

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Why this is different.

Most PDF tools are thin wrappers around a server. You upload your file, the server processes it, and you download the result. That means your file travels through infrastructure you don't control — and often, the service keeps a copy for 'up to 24 hours' in the fine print.

fwip is different because the processing happens on your hardware. The tools are compiled to WebAssembly and run inside your browser tab. There's no upload step, no server, no temporary storage. When you close the tab, the file is gone — because it was never anywhere else.

This also means fwip works offline, has no file size limits (in the desktop version), and doesn't require an account. There's nothing to sign up for because there's nothing to sign into.

	fwip	Smallpdf	Adobe Acrobat	iLovePDF
Upload required	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Account required	No	Yes	Yes	Free tier
Subscription	No	$9/mo	$20/mo	$4/mo
Files leave device	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Works offline	Yes	No	Yes	No
Batch processing	Yes	Limited	Yes	Limited

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