Guides
How to get concrete tasks done —edit a PDF, sign it, convert data— quickly, for free and privately, all inside your browser. No fluff, and your files never leave your device.
- Image guide A free alternative for resizing an image without uploading it Resizing an image is one of the most common tasks… and almost every website uploads it to their server, caps the batch or asks for an account. Here is how they limit it and a free, unlimited, private alternative. July 20, 2026
- Image guide A free alternative for adding a watermark to your photos You add a watermark to protect your photo… and many free sites stamp THEIR own on it, shrink it or upload it to their server. Here is how they limit it and a free, unlimited, private alternative. July 18, 2026
- OCR guide Free OCR: extract text from images and scanned PDFs without uploading them Most PDF websites hide OCR behind a paid plan and upload your document to their server. Here is how they limit it — and a free, 9-language, fully private alternative that recognizes the text in your browser. July 16, 2026
- Image guide A free alternative to TinyPNG for compressing images TinyPNG is excellent, but its free version caps you at 20 images of 5 MB and uploads your photos to its server. Here is how it limits things — and a free, unlimited, private alternative that compresses in your browser. July 15, 2026
- PDF guide A free alternative to password-protect a PDF without uploading it Password-protecting a confidential document by uploading it to someone else’s server is a contradiction. Here is how the known sites gate it — and a free alternative that encrypts the PDF in your browser. July 14, 2026
- PDF guide A free alternative to iLovePDF and SmallPDF for compressing PDFs The popular compressors cap free use or make you upload your file. Here is how they gate it — and a free, unlimited alternative that shrinks your PDF entirely in your browser. July 13, 2026
- PDF guide How to edit a PDF for free (without uploading it anywhere) Reorder pages, fix a line of text, add your signature or an image —all in the browser, for free, and without the file ever leaving your device. What you can edit this way and what you cannot. July 12, 2026
- PDF guide How to sign a PDF online without uploading it to the internet Draw your signature or upload an image and drop it on the document, without the PDF ever leaving your device. What a visible e-signature is (and is not), step by step. July 12, 2026
- Data guide How to convert YAML to JSON (and JSON to YAML) without errors How to go from YAML to JSON and back in the browser, the classic indentation and quoting mistakes that break the conversion, and when to pick each format. July 12, 2026