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wow, ok didn't know that. Thanks a lot for letting me know.

Thanks a lot for your input. I agree that it can be a good idea to make it clearer that this is like a local / offline tool since that is the biggest difference compared to other tools. Will definitely try to make this clearer.

I am not sure what you mean by the "WASM locally manipulated notifier"?

Digital signature is a good idea for feature, I have added it to my feature todo list.

Interesting thinking...

Thanks, will definitely have a look.

Thanks, that shouldn't be too hard to add. I have noted it down and will have a look at it.

Happy to hear :)

Thank you! Could be an idea. The PDF logic itself is in a C++ library that can be compiled against different platforms. A cli for instance shouldn't be too difficult to create. If you are thinking about a native UI, I am not sure it adds so much value when there is already the browser version.

Yes, it is a C++ library I have created and compiled to WebAssembly.

It is a very small PDF library that I have written myself in C++. I am planning to release the source, but haven't decided on the license yet. It is very limited in features compared to the whole PDF specification but I am planning to keep adding to it.

Noted it in my list as well, thank you!

Thank you. Sejda has a lot of features and seems to be a solid tool. The big difference between Sejda's online tool and pdfux is that with Sejda (and most online PDF tools), your file is transferred over the internet to Sejda's server where it is stored, processed and sent back to you. Then they promise to delete it. Personally I am not 100% comfortable using this kind of tools with files that I wouldn't want to share with anyone. (I also see that Sejda has a desktop version for offline use which seems to be their answer to the privacy concern.)

Happy to hear that you like it. As an example, I have started to look into if it is possible to add different features based on OCR. I still haven't gotten it to work but I think it should be possible. Some things are definitely harder to do in the browser vs on the server but still possible with some work.

It is my own library that I have created. I am planning to release the code with some open source license hopefully soon. The library is still very small and only include a tiny part of the whole PDF specification.

I guess it is just as safe. One advantage that I see with this tool, is that it runs in the browser so you don't have to install anything and can use it from any device with a web browser like your phone or tablet.

In general, I have been thinking about how to get some earnings from this, it would allow me to spend more time and continuing to improve the tool faster. I am still not sure the best way to do it without scaring away too many users. If I could get some earnings and also increase trust that would be great. Need to think about this idea, maybe I can do a test and see how it works out...

(I already ruled out ads, since I don't want to clutter the tool and also most ad networks are not exactly privacy friendly which one of the main ideas behind the tool)