u/Greedy_Head_7709

Merge a PDF — signup wall. Format some JSON — 4 popups. Color contrast checker — buried inside a $20/month tool. Even word counters have premium tiers now.

I'm a student. I couldn't afford any of it. So I built my own.

ToolsMatic now has 76 free browser tools across PDF, writing, developer, design, data and utilities. Everything runs client-side — no account, no uploads, no limits. Your files never touch a server.

Still building. Still free.

👉 https://toolsmatic.me

What's missing? I'll build it.

Look I'll be honest. ilovepdf and smallpdf are great — but they charge you for basic things, make you sign up, and upload your files to their servers. Chrome extensions bloat your browser and half of them haven't been updated in 2 years.

So I built ToolsMatic.

76 free tools that run entirely in your browser. No account. No uploads. No paywalls. Just open and use.

What's inside:

36 PDF tools — merge, split, compress, sign, protect, annotate, convert and more

Writing tools — word counter, text diff, case converter, readability checker

Developer tools — JSON formatter, regex tester, JWT decoder, UUID generator

Design tools — gradient generator, color picker, contrast checker, image compressor

Data tools — CSV to JSON, Base64 encoder, markdown converter

Utilities — QR code maker, unit converter, pomodoro timer, timezone converter

Everything runs client-side. Your files never touch a server. Ever.

Is it perfect? No. Am I still building? Every Day.

But if you've ever been frustrated by a "free" tool that wasn't really free — this one actually is.

👉 https://toolsmatic.me

Roast it, use it, tell me what's missing.

Hey 👋🏻

I'm a student and solo dev and I just finished building something I personally always wanted as a developer.

The idea is simple — instead of jumping between Lucide, Phosphor, Tabler, Material Icons, Bootstrap Icons and 15 other sites every time you need an icon, you search once and see results from ALL of them together.

100,000+ icons. 20 libraries. One search bar.

Here's what it can do:

→ Fuzzy search across every library simultaneously

→ Filter by style (outline, solid, duotone, fill, bold)

→ Filter by category (UI, arrows, media, ecommerce etc)

→ Preview icons at any size with custom colors live

→ Copy as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Angular snippet instantly

→ Download PNG at any size from 16px to 512px

→ Bulk select icons and download as a ZIP

→ Save icons to named collections

→ See how the same icon looks across all libraries side by side

→ Get npm install commands and import snippets per library

Everything runs in the browser. No login. No account. No backend. Completely free forever.

Honest questions for you:

1. Would you actually use this in your real workflow or is this a "cool but I'll just use Lucide" situation?

2. What would make you come back to it regularly?

3. Is there anything missing that would be a dealbreaker for you?

Be brutal — I'm a student building this for free and I'd rather get honest feedback now than find out nobody uses it later 😅

Thanks!

Everything runs in your browser. No server, no login, no uploads. Just open and use.

It started as a small side project and grew to 76 tools across writing, developer, design, PDF, and data categories. Every single tool is frontend-only — your files and data never leave your device.

Here's the thing though — I've been building based on what I think people need. I'd rather build what people actually need.

So if there's a tool you keep Googling, a converter you wish existed, a formatter you use daily — drop it below. If it can run in a browser without a backend, I'll build it.

👉 https://toolsmatic.me

What's missing?

For the past few months I've been building ToolsMatic — a collection of free browser-based utilities that run entirely client-side. Your files and text never leave your device.

It started with basic writing and developer tools. Then I added design utilities, data formatters, SEO helpers, and recently a full PDF toolkit with 36 tools.

What's inside:

✍️ Writing — word counter, case converter, text diff, lorem ipsum

🛠️ Developer — JSON formatter, regex tester, JWT inspector, UUID maker

🎨 Design — gradient generator, contrast checker, color picker, image compressor

📄 PDF — merge, split, sign, compress, protect, convert, annotate & more

📊 Data — CSV to JSON, JSON to CSV, Base64 encoder

🔧 Utilities — unit converter, timezone converter, QR code maker, pomodoro timer

76 tools total. All free. No account. No installs. Works on mobile too.

Built this as a solo indie maker. Still growing it — would love honest feedback from this community.

👉 https://toolsmatic.me

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Most PDF tools online either charge you, make you sign up, or upload your files to their servers. I built an alternative.

ToolsMatic now has 36 free PDF tools that run entirely in your browser. Your files never leave your device.

Here's everything you can do:

Edit & Organize

Merge PDF

Split PDF

Remove Pages

Extract Pages

Reorder Pages

Rotate PDF

Crop PDF

Resize PDF Pages

Annotate & Sign

Sign PDF

Annotate PDF

Redact PDF

Watermark PDF

Add Page Numbers

Add Headers

Add Margins

PDF Form Filler

Flatten PDF

Convert

JPG to PDF

PDF to JPG

PDF WebP Converter

TXT to PDF

HTML to PDF

PDF to Base64

PDF Text Converter

Security & Metadata

Protect PDF

Unlock PDF

Edit PDF Metadata

Remove PDF Metadata

Utilities

Compress PDF

PDF Reader

Compare PDF

Extract PDF Images

Grayscale PDF

Repair PDF

Merge PDF Free

Compress PDF Free

All 36 tools are free, no account needed, and nothing is uploaded to any server.

👉 https://toolsmatic.me

Would love feedback from this community!

Hey

I've been working on a side project and wanted some honest feedback before I go further with it.

The idea: a free browser-based tool where you can search across 100,000+ icons from 20 different open source libraries (Lucide, Tabler, Phosphor, Material, Remix, Bootstrap Icons and more) all in one place — without switching between 20 different websites.

You can:

- Search everything at once with fuzzy search

- Filter by library, style (outline/solid/duotone etc), and category

- Preview icons at any size with custom colors

- Export as SVG, PNG (multiple sizes), JSX, Vue, Svelte snippets

- Download a ZIP with all sizes at once

- Save icons to collections and export them as a sprite or React component file

- Compare how the same icon looks across different libraries side by side

- Bulk select and download multiple icons at once

Everything runs 100% in the browser. No login. No account. No backend. Completely free.

My question for you:

1. Would you actually use something like this in your workflow?

2. Is there a feature you'd want that I haven't mentioned?

3. What would make you choose this over just going to Lucide or Phosphor directly?

Be brutally honest — I'd rather know now than after I've spent more time on it 😅

Thanks!