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Features — Simple PDF

Product overview for users and GitHub. For API details see the tables at the end and ARCHITECTURE.md.

Import multiple document types

Type Extensions
PDF .pdf
Images .jpg, .jpeg, .png
Outlook email .msg
Microsoft Word .doc, .docx
Rich Text .rtf
OpenDocument .odt
Plain text .txt, .csv, .log, .md

Validation on upload: extension, magic bytes / heuristics, consistency checks, per-file size limit (default 50 MB).

Convert Outlook emails to PDF

Strong differentiator vs generic PDF utilities:

  • Import Outlook .msg
  • Preserve email formatting
  • Include attachments automatically
  • Body + attachments become pages in the queue / final PDF

Organize documents

  • Drag & drop and reorder
  • Merge multiple files and mixed types into one PDF
  • Page-by-page organization (remove a page or a whole file)

PDF editing (fullscreen)

  • Rotate, delete, crop
  • Redact (white-out rectangles)
  • Zoom
  • Split by page ranges

OCR

  • Page or full document
  • Searchable PDF output
  • Deskew
  • Language: PDF_EDITOR_OCR_LANG (default eng)
  • Handwriting / wet-ink signatures are usually not recognized well

Optimization (on generate)

Option Default Effect
Grayscale ON Smaller / consistent scans
Light cleanup ON Drop near-blank pages + light compaction
Edge detect OFF Auto-crop borders (OpenCV); manual crop also available in editor

Export

  • Single merged PDF
  • Split by ranges → multiple PDFs
  • Download or browser Save As (File System Access API when available)

Privacy & deploy

  • 100% self-hosted — no cloud upload
  • Docker Compose → http://localhost:8080
  • Optional token auth hook (PDF_EDITOR_AUTH_ENABLED)
  • UI i18n: English (default) + Spanish

Great for

Offices, healthcare, accounting, legal, public administration, and any team processing large document volumes on a private network.

API summary

Method Path Description
GET / UI
GET /api/health Healthcheck
GET /api/session Current items
POST /api/upload multipart files
POST /api/reorder { "order": ["id", ...] }
DELETE /api/items/<id> Remove item
POST /api/clear Clear session
POST /api/combine Build output PDF
GET /api/download Download output
… /api/output/* Editor ops (rotate, crop, OCR, split, …)

See routes in app/routes.py for the full surface.