Privacy - Local First PDF tool
Every time I needed to merge a couple PDFs or strip GPS data off a photo before sending it to someone, I’d hit the same wall — every free tool online wants you to upload your file to their server first. For random stuff, fine, whatever. But tax forms, IDs, medical stuff? That never sat right with me. Why does compressing a PDF require sending it to some server I know nothing about?
So I finally just built the thing myself: Local Vault — privatevault.boxu.dev
Everything runs entirely in your browser. No backend, no upload endpoint, nothing. It does:
**• PDF stuff:** merge (drag to reorder), split by page range, organize/rotate/delete pages with thumbnails, compress, images → PDF
**• Image stuff:** convert JPG/PNG/WebP, resize, strip EXIF/GPS metadata — works in batches
Since nothing leaves your machine, it also just works offline once the page loads, and there’s no arbitrary file size cap, just whatever your RAM can handle.
It’s free, no sign-up, no ads. Would like feedback, bug reports, or anything yall want on ts…