FyPDF· Document workshop

A PDF tool that doesn't ship your files
to a stranger's server.

FyPDF runs 20 of its 28 tools entirely in your browser — merge, split, compress, convert to images, edit, watermark, page numbers, and more. Heavy work that genuinely needs the cloud (OCR, password protection, signing, redaction, PDF/A, repair, plus PDF to Word and PDF to Excel) drops into a temporary, encrypted server session and tears it down when it's done.

Built for legal, finance, HR, support, and engineering teams that pass PDFs through real workflows every day — not occasional one-off conversions.

Open FyPDF Tour the suite

Local by defaultNo watermarksServer when it earns it

Q4-board-pack.pdf12 pages · 3.4 MB · local session

On-device

Stamp · DRAFT

Watermark applied to 12 pages

Local by default

20 of 28 tools never upload your PDF.

Cloud when it counts

8 server tools (OCR, protect, sign, redact, PDF/A, repair, PDF to Word, PDF to Excel) run in encrypted, expiring sessions.

No silent watermarks

No mandatory accounts, no page caps, no logo stamped on your output.

Page sequence12 / 12

ExtractPage 8 → new file

Stays in browserNo upload, no copy server-side

WASM

RAM

↓DISK

Send the result

Ready

12 PNG1× to 4× DPI

.docxEditable Word

.xlsxTables only

The suite index· 7 chapters

Pick a chapter, jump straight to its dedicated workspace.

Tour every track in detail

One suite · seven tracks · twenty-eight tools and counting

Start with the surface →

What's actually shipped

Four jobs the suite already does — properly.

Most online PDF tools do one operation well and three badly. FyPDF's capability surface is built around four jobs that real teams chain every day, and each one is implemented to leave the document better than it found it.

Convert

Move documents between formats without losing the text underneath

Conversion is the most-used feature in any PDF suite. Most browser PDF tools quietly re-rasterise the page and call it 'converted'. FyPDF preserves the actual text layer wherever possible so the next person can search, copy, and edit the result.

PDF ↔ JPG, PNG, WebP at 1×–4× output resolution.
PDF → Word and PDF → Excel keep paragraphs, tables, and structure instead of one giant image per page.
Office files convert through browser-first routes with page controls, not screenshots of pages.

01 / 04Live in suite

Text layer preserved

ExportPNG

ExportDOCX

ExportXLSX

Source.pdfLive

Searchable text intact

Same text · Three formats

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Organize

Reorder, split, and stitch documents without printing & re-scanning

Most ‘organize’ flows online force you to re-upload between every action. The FyPDF organize surface keeps the same source open — extract a page, rotate it, drop it back in, and merge everything in one place.

Drag-to-reorder thumbnails for merge with full inter-document control.
Page-range syntax for split, delete, and extract — same grammar across every tool.
Per-page rotation that respects existing orientations instead of overwriting them.

02 / 04Live in suite

Drag to reorder · 8 of 12 pages shown

Drag

Page 7 → end · sequence saved

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Edit

Edit on top of the real PDF, not on a flat image of it

Watermarks, page numbers, crop boxes, and annotations are written into the PDF without flattening normal files. Direct in-place text and image editing is on the coming-soon track.

Add text watermarks, stamps, annotations, and page numbers with precise typographic control.
Crop margins on every page (or just specific ranges) without flattening the type.
Direct text and image replacement is marked coming soon.

03 / 04Live in suite

offer-letter.pdf · page 3 of 5

CONFIDENTIAL

StampText

Apply toAll 5 pages

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Secure

Redaction and signatures that survive being copy-pasted

A black rectangle drawn on top is not a redaction. FyPDF's launch redactor rasterizes matched pages and bakes the redaction into the output, while Sign PDF adds a visible approval stamp. Certificate-grade signing is coming through FyEsign.

Pattern redaction for emails, phones, SSNs, and card numbers.
Password protect with separate user and owner passwords plus permission flags.
Visible typed signature stamping today; certificate signing coming soon.

04 / 04Live in suite

deposition-2026.pdf

Privileged

WitnessDOBSSN

M. Hartwell1979-04-22

***-**-****

S. Okonjo1985-11-09

***-**-****

K. Tanaka1991-02-17

***-**-****

Removed from document object

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How a document moves through it

One document, three stages, no re-uploads in between.

Drop a PDF once, then chain whatever comes next on the same source. Every tool reads from the workspace's current document and writes back into it — there's no "export → re-upload" cycle between operations.

⌘V

Drop · Paste · Pick

Open

01/ 03

Drop the document — it never leaves the page

Drag, paste, or pick from disk. Browser tools unpack the PDF locally; cloud-only tools spin up a one-time encrypted upload session that auto-destructs.

Drag & drop⌘V / Ctrl+V pasteMulti-file batchUp to 200 MB on cloud tools

chain.pdfStep 3 of 4

+ watermark

Merge

Compress

Stamp

Sign

Compose

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Chain the tools you actually need, in any order

Pick a tool from the suite map. Output of one stays in the workspace and feeds the next — merge → compress → watermark → sign without ever re-uploading the source file.

28+ chained toolsSmart suggestionsContinue with…Per-page controls

Out-tray3 ready

PDFFinal

DOCXEditable

.zipBatch

Tear-off · No account required

Deliver

03/ 03

Download, copy, or hand off — exactly the format the next step needs

PDFs come back as real PDFs. Conversions return real DOCX, XLSX, or image files. No watermarks, no zip bait, no email gate. Multi-file results pack into a single download.

PDF · DOCX · XLSX · PNG · JPGBatch zipDirect copyNo account required

Three stages · One source file · No re-uploading between tools

Average chain: 3 tools, under sixty seconds

Desks that already lean on the suite

Six rooms where FyPDF lives full time.

Lawyers, accountants, HR, students, designers, and developers all reach for PDF tools every week — but they reach for different parts of the suite. Here's what each desk actually opens first.

For LawyersDesk 01 / 06

Filings that don't leak

Combine briefs, exhibits, and supporting docs into a single filing — then redact deposition transcripts and PII before the package leaves the firm.

They reach for

Merge PDFRedact PDFAdd WatermarkAdd Page Numbers

4 tools used mostSee chain

For Accountants & financeDesk 02 / 06

Statements out, spreadsheets in

Pull tabular data out of vendor invoices and bank statements with PDF → Excel, then re-stamp consolidated reports back to PDF for audit.

They reach for

PDF to ExcelExcel to CSVCompress PDFProtect PDF

4 tools used mostSee chain

For HR & operationsDesk 03 / 06

Offer letters, signed and sealed

Send compressed offer letters, e-sign onboarding paperwork, and password-protect benefits documents before they hit a candidate's inbox.

They reach for

Sign PDFProtect PDFCompress PDFWord to PDF

4 tools used mostSee chain

For Students & researchersDesk 04 / 06

Submissions that fit the upload limit

Compress thesis chapters under the portal cap, convert lecture slides to images for citation, and OCR scanned papers so the highlights actually search.

They reach for

Compress PDFOCR PDFPDF to PNGMerge PDF

4 tools used mostSee chain

For DesignersDesk 05 / 06

Specs, mockups, deliverables

Hand off branded specs as PDFs, watermark previews before client reviews, and crop printer-bleed margins without flattening typography.

They reach for

Add WatermarkCrop PDFImages to PDFCompress PDF

4 tools used mostSee chain

For Developers & docsDesk 06 / 06

Reports, READMEs, release notes

Render HTML reports to PDF, batch-flatten generated forms, and convert PDF specs back into searchable Word for engineering review.

They reach for

HTML to PDFPDF to WordFlatten PDFRepair PDF

4 tools used mostSee chain

Six desks · same suite · zero context switching

Browse tools by track →

Every track, every tool

Tour the seven tracks — chapter by chapter.

Each category gets its own dedicated workspace with focused defaults. Click through to a track sub-page for a deeper read, or scan the live tool list inline to see exactly what ships today.

Convert

Move documents between PDF, image, Office, and tabular formats without losing the text underneath.

5 local

2 cloud

7 total

Track sub-page coming soon

Tools in this track07 live

01
PDF to PNGConvert PDF pages to high-quality PNG images
Local
02
PDF to JPGConvert PDF pages to compressed JPG images
Local
03
JPG to PDFConvert JPG images to a PDF document
Local
04
PNG to PDFConvert PNG images to a PDF document
Local
05
Images to PDFCombine multiple images into one PDF
Local
06
PDF to WordConvert PDF documents to editable DOCX files
CloudNew
07
PDF to ExcelExtract tables from PDF into Excel spreadsheets
CloudNew

Organize

Merge, split, rotate, extract, and reorder pages until the document tells the story you actually need.

5 local

0 cloud

5 total

Track sub-page coming soon

Tools in this track05 live

01
Merge PDFCombine multiple PDFs into one document
Local
02
Split PDFSplit a PDF into separate files
Local
03
Rotate PDFRotate PDF pages to any orientation
Local
04
Delete PagesRemove specific pages from a PDF document
LocalNew
05
Extract PagesExtract specific pages as a new PDF
LocalNew

Edit

Edit text, add page numbers, brand with watermarks, crop the margins — all on the original PDF.

4 local

0 cloud

4 total

Track sub-page coming soon

Tools in this track04 live

01
Edit PDFEdit text, images, and shapes in your PDF
LocalNew
02
Add Page NumbersAdd page numbers to any position on your PDF
LocalNew
03
Add WatermarkAdd text or image watermarks to your PDF
LocalNew
04
Crop PDFCrop and adjust PDF page margins
LocalNew

Optimize

Compress and flatten files for inboxes, signatures, archives, and slow connections — without re-rasterising the type.

1 local

0 cloud

1 total

Track sub-page coming soon

Tools in this track01 live

01
Compress PDFReduce PDF file size without losing quality
Hybrid

Office

Bridge Word, Excel, and HTML so a PDF can become an editable file again or vice-versa.

3 local

0 cloud

3 total

Track sub-page coming soon

Tools in this track03 live

01
Word to PDFConvert DOCX documents to PDF format
Hybrid
02
Excel to CSVConvert Excel spreadsheets to CSV
Local
03
HTML to PDFConvert HTML files to PDF documents
Local

Security

Password-protect, unlock, sign, and redact sensitive content before a document leaves your team.

1 local

3 cloud

4 total

Track sub-page coming soon

Tools in this track04 live

01
Protect PDFAdd password protection to your PDF
CloudNew
02
Unlock PDFRemove password protection from PDF
LocalNew
03
Sign PDFAdd a visible signature stamp to your PDF
CloudNew
04
Redact PDFPermanently redact sensitive content from PDF
CloudNew

Advanced

OCR scanned files, repair corruption, archive to PDF/A, and flatten layered PDFs for downstream pipelines.

1 local

3 cloud

4 total

Track sub-page coming soon

Tools in this track04 live

01
OCR PDFExtract text from scanned PDFs using OCR
CloudNew
02
PDF to PDF/AConvert to PDF/A archival format for long-term storage
CloudNew
03
Repair PDFFix corrupted or damaged PDF files
CloudNew
04
Flatten PDFFlatten forms, annotations, and layers
HybridNew

Q&A column

The questions teams keep asking us — answered straight.

Privacy, pricing, format support, the difference between local and cloud tools. The honest version, not the marketing version.

The Q&A column07 questions teams keep asking us

Issue 07

very browser-first tool — merge, split, rotate, compress, watermark, page numbers, image conversions, crop, and the rest — is free with no file-size cap, page cap, or daily limit. Paid tiers cover real backend work such as OCR, password protection, signature stamps, PDF/A conversion, smart redaction, repair, FyDrive-backed outputs, and higher cloud-run allowances.Every browser-first tool — merge, split, rotate, compress, watermark, page numbers, image conversions, crop, and the rest — is free with no file-size cap, page cap, or daily limit. Paid tiers cover real backend work such as OCR, password protection, signature stamps, PDF/A conversion, smart redaction, repair, FyDrive-backed outputs, and higher cloud-run allowances.
Question 01 of 07

— From the FyPDF teamGot a sharper question? Write in →

Open the workshop

Drop a PDF in, ship it out
— same browser tab.

Every track on this page is part of the same workspace. You don't pick a tool first — you drop a document and pick what to do with it. Merge, then compress, then sign, then send. No accounts, no watermarks, no upload purgatory.

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No accounts · No watermarks · No upload by default

— signed, the FyPDF team

Popular tools

The PDF pages people usually need first.

Merge, convert, compress, split, and edit each have a direct page, so the common PDF jobs are never buried behind the full app.

PDF jobs

Jump straight to the exact PDF job.

Merge, compress, convert, edit, secure, OCR, archive, repair - every common PDF task has a focused page with the right tool one click away.

Convert

Move PDFs to images, Word, Excel, or build PDFs from images.

Organize

Merge, split, rotate, extract, and remove pages without rebuilding the file.

Edit

Add text edits, page numbers, watermarks, and clean page framing.

Optimize

Shrink PDFs for email, upload portals, and lightweight sharing.

Compress PDFcompress pdf

Office + data

Bridge Office files, HTML, spreadsheets, and PDF workflows.

Security

Protect, unlock, sign, redact, and prepare sensitive PDFs.

Advanced

OCR scans, archive as PDF/A, repair damaged files, and flatten final packets.

One task per page

/merge-pdf, /compress-pdf, /pdf-to-word, and the rest open directly without a maze of menus.

Browser-first

Most daily PDF jobs run on your device, with cloud help only for heavy OCR, signing, repair, or archive work.

Keep chaining

Finish one job, then continue into the next - compress after merge, watermark after convert, protect after sign.

Answer brief

The short version, written for people and crawlers.

FyPDFs is a free, browser-first PDF web app for merging, compressing, splitting, converting, editing, signing, OCR, repair, archive, and password work. It is part of FyTools by Fyboard, but the PDF jobs live on their own focused domain.

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Primary category: Free online PDF tools, PDF editor, PDF converter, PDF compressor, and PDF workflow app.
Best fit: People who need daily PDF work without installing Acrobat or creating an account: merge, compress, split, convert, edit, sign, OCR, repair, protect, and archive.
Free tier: Core browser-first PDF jobs are free with no signup, no watermark, and no daily task cap.
Privacy model: Most PDF operations run in the browser. OCR, repair, PDF/A, visible signature stamping, redaction, password protection, and PDF-to-Office conversion are Cloud Pro server tools; hybrid tools upload only when their stage cloud switch is enabled.
Direct URLs: Every common job has a flat page: /merge-pdf, /compress-pdf, /pdf-to-word, /pdf-to-excel, /edit-pdf, /ocr-pdf, /repair-pdf, and more.
Alternatives: Compare against SmallPDF, iLovePDF, Adobe Acrobat, Sejda, and PDFGear when the choice is limits, price, browser-first processing, or install-free access.

App listing summary: FyPDFs is a productivity and utilities web app for PDF workflows. Start at /app, use /merge-pdf, /compress-pdf, /pdf-to-word, /pdf-to-excel, /edit-pdf, /sign-pdf, and /ocr-pdf for direct task pages, and use /compare to evaluate alternatives like SmallPDF, iLovePDF, Adobe Acrobat, Sejda, and PDFGear.

Manifesto

FyPDFs stands on its own.

A note on why this domain exists — and what it isn't.

FyPDFs is the dedicated home for the PDF workshop we shipped inside FyTools. Same tools. Same browser-first posture. Now with a site that's built around the way you actually find PDF help: a search for 'compress pdf for email' lands on a page about compressing PDFs for email — not on a generic suite homepage.

We made the call to spin out fypdfs.com because PDF tools deserve a focused front door. People don't usually want a 'productivity suite.' They want to merge two files.

— Why this site exists

We made the call to spin out fypdfs.com because PDF tools deserve a focused front door. People don't usually want a 'productivity suite.' They want to merge two files. So that's what every page on this site is built around — one job, done well, with the rest of the toolkit quietly ready when the job grows.

It's still part of FyTools, still made by the team at Fyboard. The browser-first architecture, the no-signup defaults, and the cloud-only-when-needed posture all carry over. The wrapper is just sharper.

— Signed, FyPDFs

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Comparisons

Switching from another tool?

Pick the comparison that matches your current workflow — and see exactly where we differ.

Open the workshop

FyPDFs, in your browser.

No signup, no install, no watermark. Drop a PDF and chain through merge, split, compress, convert, and the rest — most operations stay on your device.

Open FyPDFs See pricing

Signed, the FyPDFs team — built on FyTools, made by Fyboard.

A PDF tool that doesn't ship your files
to a stranger's server.

Built for legal, finance, HR, support, and engineering teams that pass PDFs through real workflows every day — not occasional one-off conversions.

Local by defaultNo watermarksServer when it earns it

A PDF tool that doesn't ship your filesto a stranger's server.

Pick a chapter, jump straight to its dedicated workspace.

Convert

Organize

Edit

Optimize

Office

Security

Advanced

Four jobs the suite already does — properly.

Move documents between formats without losing the text underneath

Reorder, split, and stitch documents without printing & re-scanning

Edit on top of the real PDF, not on a flat image of it

Redaction and signatures that survive being copy-pasted

One document, three stages, no re-uploads in between.

Drop the document — it never leaves the page

Chain the tools you actually need, in any order

Download, copy, or hand off — exactly the format the next step needs

Six rooms where FyPDF lives full time.

Filings that don't leak

Statements out, spreadsheets in

Offer letters, signed and sealed

Submissions that fit the upload limit

Specs, mockups, deliverables

Reports, READMEs, release notes

Tour the seven tracks — chapter by chapter.

Convert

Organize

Edit

Optimize

Office

Security

Advanced

The questions teams keep asking us — answered straight.

Drop a PDF in, ship it out— same browser tab.

The PDF pages people usually need first.

Jump straight to the exact PDF job.

Convert

Organize

Edit

Optimize

Office + data

Security

Advanced

The short version, written for people and crawlers.

FyPDFs stands on its own.

Switching from another tool?

SmallPDF

iLovePDF

Adobe Acrobat

Sejda

PDFGear

FyPDFs, in your browser.

A PDF tool that doesn't ship your filesto a stranger's server.

Pick a chapter, jump straight to its dedicated workspace.

Convert

Organize

Edit

Optimize

Office

Security

Advanced

Four jobs the suite already does — properly.

Move documents between formats without losing the text underneath

Reorder, split, and stitch documents without printing & re-scanning

Edit on top of the real PDF, not on a flat image of it

Redaction and signatures that survive being copy-pasted

One document, three stages, no re-uploads in between.

Drop the document — it never leaves the page

Chain the tools you actually need, in any order

Download, copy, or hand off — exactly the format the next step needs

Six rooms where FyPDF lives full time.

Filings that don't leak

Statements out, spreadsheets in

Offer letters, signed and sealed

Submissions that fit the upload limit

Specs, mockups, deliverables

Reports, READMEs, release notes

Tour the seven tracks — chapter by chapter.

Convert

A PDF tool that doesn't ship your files
to a stranger's server.

Drop a PDF in, ship it out
— same browser tab.

A PDF tool that doesn't ship your files
to a stranger's server.

Drop a PDF in, ship it out
— same browser tab.