Every PDF tool you need. Free, and your files never leave your device.
Merge, split, compress, sign, edit, convert, protect and redact PDFs right in your browser. No uploads, no limits, no sign-up and no ads, ever.
- No uploads
- No limits
- No watermarks
- No sign-up
- No ads
What do you need to do?
Organize
Combine, split and rearrange pages.
- Merge PDFCombine several PDFs into one file, in any order.
- Split PDFSplit by page ranges, every few pages, or into single pages.
- Organize pagesDrag pages into order, rotate, delete, duplicate or add blanks.
- Rotate PDFTurn every page, or just the ones that are sideways.
- Delete pagesRemove the pages you don't need.
- Extract pagesSave chosen pages as a new PDF.
Optimize
Make files smaller and searchable.
Convert
Turn PDFs into images, text and Word, and back.
- PDF to JPGTurn every page into a sharp JPG image.
- PDF to PNGLossless PNG images of your pages.
- JPG to PDFTurn photos and scans into a tidy PDF.
- Images to PDFPNG, WebP, GIF, BMP and JPG to one PDF.
- PDF to textPull out all the text as a plain .txt file.
- PDF to WordEditable .docx with your paragraphs and headings.
Edit & sign
Write on, sign and stamp your documents.
- Edit PDFChange existing text, add text, drawings and images.
- Sign PDFDraw, type or upload your signature and place it.
- Fill PDF formsType into form fields and tick boxes, then save.
- Add watermarkStamp text or a logo across your pages.
- Page numbersNumber pages, or add a header or footer.
- Crop PDFTrim margins by dragging a box on the page.
- Flatten PDFLock form answers into the page so they can't change.
Security
Protect, unlock and clean up sensitive files.
No tool matches that. Try “merge”, “sign” or “compress”.
Your files never leave your device
Most free PDF sites upload your documents to their servers, process them there and promise to delete them later. Plainpage does all the work in your own browser instead, using the same kind of technology that runs web apps like Google Docs. There’s simply no upload.
You choose a file
Your browser opens it from your device. It isn’t sent anywhere.
Your device does the work
Plainpage’s code runs locally, on your own processor.
You save the result
The new file goes straight from your browser to your downloads.
Try it yourself. Open any tool, then switch off your Wi-Fi or mobile data. Everything keeps working, because there’s no server involved. That’s also why it works on a plane.
Built to fix what people dislike about free PDF tools
Before building Plainpage, we read what people complain about in free PDF services: caps on downloads, features locked behind paid plans, files uploaded to servers, ads, and trials that renew into subscriptions. Then we made sure none of it applies here.
| Feature | Plainpage | Typical free PDF sites |
|---|---|---|
| Where your files go | Stay on your device | Uploaded to their servers |
| Daily or hourly limits | None | Common on free plans |
| File size and page caps | Only your device’s memory | Often capped |
| Watermarks | Never | Some add them |
| Account needed | Never | Often, for more than a taste |
| Ads | None | Common |
| Editing existing text, strong compression, OCR and batch processing | Free | Often paid extras |
| Works offline | Yes, after your first visit | No |
| Subscriptions and auto-renewals | Nothing to buy | Trials that renew into paid plans |
Private by design
Files are processed by your own browser. There’s no upload step, and nothing for anyone to keep, lose or leak.
No limits, no catch
Use every tool as often as you like, on files as big as your device can handle. No trials, credits or upgrades.
Batch processing
Compress, protect, watermark, number or convert many files in one go, and download them as a zip.
Keep going
Finished merging? Send the result straight to Compress, Sign or Protect without downloading and re-adding it.
Real redaction
Black boxes that actually remove the text underneath, plus one-click finding of emails, phone and ID numbers.
Works everywhere
Phone, tablet or computer, light or dark mode, keyboard or touch. Add it to your home screen and use it offline.
Built by Nova Site, in Pretoria
Plainpage is made by Nova Site, a small web design studio. We built it to give everyone a genuinely free, private PDF toolkit, and to show the quality of websites and web apps we make for our clients.
Questions
Is Plainpage really free?
Yes. Every tool is free with no limits, trials or paid upgrades. There are no ads either. It’s built and paid for by Nova Site, a web design studio in Pretoria, as a free public tool and an example of the work we do.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. Plainpage runs entirely in your web browser. Your files are opened, changed and saved on your own device, and never sent to us or anyone else.
How can I check that nothing is uploaded?
Open any tool, then switch off your Wi-Fi or mobile data. The tools keep working, because there’s no server involved. You can also watch the Network tab in your browser’s developer tools while a tool runs.
Is there a file size or page limit?
Only your device’s memory. Large documents work fine on modern laptops and phones. Very big files (hundreds of megabytes) may be slow on older devices.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. Plainpage works in any modern browser on Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeOS. You can add it to your home screen like an app.
Can it convert Word, Excel or PowerPoint to PDF?
Not yet. Doing that well needs office software on a server, which would mean uploading your file. Plainpage only offers tools it can do properly on your device. Tip: Word, Google Docs and LibreOffice can all save as PDF directly.