BentoPDF - The Privacy First PDF Toolkit

https://bentopdf.com/

I just found this interesting PDF tool:

https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf

Fully offline, everything is client side, the files get edited in the browser, there's no server uploads.

61 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world

11 Comments

vort3@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 326d (4 replies)

This looks great, but if everything is client side, then why do I need a browser to access this?

warmaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 325d

I thought the same thing. It would be great if they packaged this in a flatpak or appimage, although right now it is so simple that anything else would be bloat.

I bet you could download the HTML and just use that.

frongt@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 326d (2 replies)

If you have other software capable of running Javascript, you're welcome to use that too. That's what the underlying libraries are written in.

Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 326d (1 reply)

I didn't know this existed. Granted I don't know a lot about web development. An example ?

frongt@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 326d

Nodejs. I don't know if it supports GUIs though. I'm not aware of any other JS implementations outside the browser.

nfreak@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 326d (1 reply)

StirlingPDF always rubbed me the wrong way and felt super corporate, definitely gonna replace it with this

nameisnotimportant@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 324d

Would you mind elaborating on the 'corporate' aspect ? I'm not sure I understand what you mean

cRazi_man@europe.pub · 5 pts · 326d

Looks good. I've put it on my server.

abominable_panda@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 326d

Having just installed StirlingPDF this week, can someone please explain the pros and cons of both?

akalanka@masto.es · 1 pts · 325d (1 reply)

@warmaster this is AWESOME!!

warmaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 325d

Glad you liked it. If you find it useful, be kind to the dev and leave him a star and a nice comment on github.