Theme · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
File, document and everyday web utilities
Privacy-friendly browser tools for PDFs, image conversion, documents, forms, QR codes, file sharing, vaults, links and calculators.
New projects this week
132
Last 12 weeks
1,022
Share of all new projects
4.4%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+11%
Share of new projects, per week
Groups in this theme
| Group | This week | 12 wks | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browser-based PDF toolkits | 22 | 157 | -3% |
| Browser image compressors and converters | 20 | 140 | +3% |
| Document scanning and processing tools | 17 | 123 | -10% |
| Browser-based utility tool collections | 16 | 123 | +16% |
| File sharing and transfer tools | 14 | 95 | +8% |
| Online calculators and math tools | 9 | 87 | ▲ +37% |
| Pricing and cost calculators | 9 | 73 | +14% |
| Encrypted vaults and password managers | 8 | 60 | +21% |
| URL shorteners and link-in-bio pages | 8 | 62 | ▲ +118% |
| QR code generators and scanners | 5 | 48 | ▼ -42% |
| Online form builders and autofill | 4 | 54 | ▲ +35% |
Stack
Share of the 320 projects in this theme that stated their stack, last 12 weeks.
- Cloudflare 14%
- Vercel 13%
- GitHub Pages 11%
- JavaScript 9%
- Python 8%
- Next.js 6%
- WebAssembly 6%
- React 5%
AI tools
Same projects.
Most discussed this week
- Urlicer — Shortens URLs with privacy-friendly, cookieless click tracking and team workspaces with custom domains.“I made 10 product videos, what do I do next?”
- Convertessa — Converts files between over 1,100 format combinations for images, video, audio, documents, archives, eBooks and fonts, entirely on the local machine.“[Launch] I got tired of sketchy sites that upload your files just to convert them - so I built Convertessa, a native Mac app that converts 1,100+ formats completely offline”
- PRIVACUT — Detects sensitive information in PDFs, lets users review flagged items, and permanently redacts them before sharing.“I built a PDF redaction SaaS. Now I’m trying to figure out who actually needs it.”
- I released an optical file… — Transfers files between devices by encoding data as optical codes that another device's camera reads.“I released an optical file transfer app that went viral, went outside of my comfort zone and did an interview”
- PeerYeet — Transfers files directly between two browsers over a WebRTC peer-to-peer connection without accounts or server-side uploads.“PeerYeet.com - Super minimal p2p file transfers”
- PubKeep — Opens Microsoft Publisher .pub files page by page as editable documents and converts folders of them to PDF.“I built a Microsoft Publisher alternative that opens .pub files natively (Publisher retires Oct 1)”
- 10minstransferdoc — Sends files or text from a browser to another device via a short-lived encrypted link and QR code.“I made a simple site to send files from my laptop to my phone without emailing myself”
- Engramlabz — Turns a typed maths question into a narrated, animated vector video explainer with captions.“I built an app that turns maths questions into animated explainers for ~﹩1 each | Example: 23 people, 50.7% chance two share a birthday”
- Student building a document… — Extracts text and structured data from business documents to automate a repetitive admin process.“Student building a document automation tool for small businesses. Stuck between privacy and hardware limits. How would you solve this?”
- Compressy — Batch-compresses and optionally converts or downscales local image files offline.“I didn't wanna upload my private images to someones else's server to compress them”
Latest
- Binly — Stores links, photos, PDFs and other files in one place.“[iOS] Binly — Bewaar links, foto’s, PDF’s & bestanden op één plek. Geen abonnement.”
- Tuck — Stores API keys, passwords and links alongside notes on where each is used and where to update it, kept in Apple Keychain.“I built Tuck, a native Mac menu-bar vault for API keys and where I use them”
- TypePDF — Lets users click anywhere on an uploaded PDF and type text directly, then export the edited file.“I Made a PDF Tool Where You Just Click Anywhere and Start Typing. No Cumbersome Menus.”
- ToolDesk — Provides 41 browser-based file and utility tools, such as PDF editing, image compression and conversion, invoice generation, and QR codes, that process files locally without uploading them.“I built 41 browser tools that never upload your files (PDF editor, image compressor, invoice maker). Two months in: 5 clicks from Google. What am I doing wrong?”
- Valkey.app — Manages multiple local Valkey server instances from a macOS menu-bar app, with separate data directories and live logs.“I built a native Mac app to manage local Valkey servers”
- maskyourdocs — Redacts sensitive text from PDFs, Word files, images and text files in the browser so the removed content is permanently deleted.“llm quoted me back my blood reports so i built this app”
- FormatFlash — Converts image files between HEIC, JPG, PNG and WebP entirely in the browser.“I built a free HEIC to JPG converter that runs 100% in your browser — no uploads, no signups, no server”
- PolarSort — Cleans large CSV and TSV files locally by deduplicating rows, validating emails and phone numbers, and running column calculations.“I built PolarSort — offline data cleaning for 15GB+ files (and just shipped it)”
- Loupe — Shows the comments and tracked changes hidden inside a Word file so they can be checked before sending.“never send a Word doc to a document without checking this first! made a tool to see what’s still inside a Word file”
- Doczi AI Scanner — Scans documents with automatic edge detection and perspective correction, and bundles PDF merge, split, compress, OCR and signing tools.“Doczi AI Scanner - All-in-One AI Document Scanner & Unlocked PDF Editor”
- Reconce — Records browser workflows and generates editable step-by-step documentation with screenshots, redactions, exports and walkthrough videos.“I built a Chrome extension that turns browser workflows into SOPs, screenshots and walkthrough videos automatically”
- I taught a whiteboard to… — Converts handwritten notes on a whiteboard into readable text.“I taught a whiteboard to understand my terrible handwriting”
- Sharkeyes — Blocks spam and fake signups on website forms without captchas or third-party tracking.“I built a captcha-free way to stop spam and fake signups on website forms, looking for feedback (and maybe partners)”
- Catalog Snapshot Guard — Reviews supplier CSV batches for missing or ambiguous SKUs, preserving raw identifiers and source line references in reports and holding unclear product groups for human review.“Catalog Snapshot Guard: a CSV review tool that keeps SKUs and source rows intact”
- CodShot — Converts an uploaded image into usable code inside a developer workspace.“I built an image-to-code feature for CodShot would this be useful to you?”