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CLUSTER PDF-DOCUMENTS-EDITING · 59 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2014-07-04

Browser-based PDF utilities

This cluster comprises browser-based PDF utilities that let users merge, split, compress, convert, edit, and sometimes OCR documents without leaving the web page. Their dated history shows isolated entries in 2013–2015, a multi-year gap, and then more regular monthly additions from 2021 onward, usually one per month but occasionally two or three. The activity leader is nexus-pdf-editor (1 star), while PDF Splitter + PDF Merge and PDF Reader: Fill Edit,Sign PDF each have 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

APR 2013: 1MAY 2013: 1JAN 2014: 1JUL 2014: 1DEC 2015: 1JUN 2021: 1JUN 2022: 1OCT 2022: 1MAY 2023: 1JUN 2023: 1FEB 2025: 1MAR 2025: 1APR 2025: 1MAY 2025: 1JUL 2025: 1NOV 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1MAR 2026: 3APR 2026: 1MAY 2026: 2AUG 2026: 8SEP 2026: 18OCT 2026: 9
APR 2013OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 ai-built · 4 hand-coded · 14 unlabelled

Operator · 11 hobby · 5 commercial · 1 open source · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21PDF-Ream2★28 days—hand-codedhobbyNative macOS app that splits a PDF into one file per page, merges multiple PDFs, and compresses PDFs to a user-set size limit.
  2. 22oficinacomunica0★1 moliveai-builthobbyWeb app that lets users create interactive, polished PDF documents.
  3. 23PDF-Tools0★9 days—hand-codedhobbyWeb app for merging, splitting, editing, filling forms, and signing PDFs with privacy-first in-memory file processing.
  4. 24Pdf_Editor_Custom2★1 mo—hobbyWeb app for editing PDFs that builds and updates table-of-contents entries and supports document navigation.
  5. 25PDF it All Document Converter0★7 dayslivecommercialAll-in-one PDF app that edits, compresses, merges, splits documents and converts files from Office, web, photos, and notes to PDF.
  6. 26pdf-studio-app0★21 daysliveai-builthobbyFree web app for merging, splitting, and compressing PDF files and extracting embedded images.
  7. 27pdfase0★20 dayslivehobbyWeb app with over three dozen PDF utilities for merging, splitting, compressing, and editing documents entirely in the browser.
  8. 28PDF Editor - Merge & Convert0★1 molivePDF utility app that merges, splits, converts, compresses, scans, and reorganizes pages for everyday document management.
  9. 29pdfcutapp0★28 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS app that splits PDFs into pages, uses OCR and templates to auto-name files, and lets users edit fields before exporting.
  10. 30PDFEditorApplication0★1 mo—hobbyWeb application for editing, converting, merging, and splitting PDF documents with advanced rendering engine.
  11. 31Utilazy10★1 mo—Online utility toolbox for converting files, editing PDFs, formatting text, and shortening URLs.
  12. 32PDF.Edit0★1 mo—PDF editing application that lets users modify, merge, and manage PDF documents.
  13. 33pdfirst0★1 mo—hobbyOnline document tool that enables Chinese users to edit and convert PDF, image, and Word files entirely in the browser.
  14. 34pdfsolution0★1 molivecommercialWeb app that lets users merge, split, compress, convert, and OCR PDF files entirely in the browser with no uploads.
  15. 35PDF Editor・PDF File Converter0★1 molivecommercialAll-in-one PDF editor and converter that scans, edits, signs, compresses, merges, and converts documents for work and school.
  16. 36docforge1★6 mostalelivehobbyWeb app for merging, splitting, and compressing PDFs, converting between Word and PDF, and resizing or compressing images, with optional login.
  17. 37PDF To Word: PDF Editor0★2 molivecommercialPDF utility app that converts PDFs to Word and images, compresses, merges, edits, unlocks, and extracts text with OCR.
  18. 38PDF Editor - Read & Edit PDF0★29 dayslivecommercialPDF editing app for text, images, annotations, merging, splitting, and conversion.
  19. 39pdfwala0★2 mo—hand-codedhobbyHosted platform that converts, merges, flattens, and extracts content from PDF documents through an asynchronous processing pipeline with multiple selectable PDF engines.
  20. 40word-sys-pdf-editor0★4 moliveopen sourcePDF editor that lets users view, edit, and modify PDF documents.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.