Why this domain exists, how the tool works, and what we mean when we say "browser-first." Honest answers to the questions you'd ask if we were across the table.
FyPDFs exists because PDF work is workshop work. You walk in with a task — combine these, compress this, edit that paragraph, sign here — and you walk out with the deliverable. Most online PDF tools fight the metaphor: they're an arcade of upsell banners, daily-task caps, locked-out features behind 'try Premium' walls. A workshop doesn't do that. A workshop has the right tool, in the right place, ready when you walk in.
fypdfs.com is built page-by-page around the actual jobs people walk into a workshop for. 'Merge two PDFs.' 'Compress for email.' 'Convert to Word.' 'Add a signature.' 'Unlock with my password.' Each is a specific search; each gets its own page, framed in the language of the query, with the rest of the workshop quietly available when the work grows.
A workshop isn't a productivity suite. It's a focused space for considered work — one document at a time, with the right tool, ready when you walk in.
Most of FyPDFs runs entirely in your browser. Merge, split, compress, rotate, crop, edit text and images, watermark, page numbers, page reorder, image conversions both ways, password protect and unlock — all on-device, processed by WebAssembly the moment a file lands in the workspace. No upload. No waiting on a server round-trip. No 'we have your document for the next 30 days' clause buried in a privacy policy.
A handful of operations need cloud compute — OCR at scale, AI redaction for sensitive PII, e-signature workflows with audit trails, PDF/A archive conversion, very large batches. Those use a one-time encrypted server session that deletes the file the moment the result is ready. We label which tools work which way with a small icon on every tool card. Never assume. Always show.
Every browser-first tool — merge, split, compress, edit, image conversions, watermark, page numbers, password — is free forever with no daily-task cap, no watermark on exports, no signup required. OCR for scanned PDFs is also free at standard accuracy with a generous daily count that covers normal usage.
Cloud Pro adds the things a workshop would charge a service rate for: enhanced OCR for complex layouts, e-signature workflows with audit trails, PDF/A compliance, AI redaction, batches over 100 PDFs at a time, sync across devices. SmallPDF caps free at 2 tasks/day. iLovePDF gates batches behind Premium. Adobe is $19.99/mo. We keep the daily work free and charge only for genuine server work.
FyPDFs is one of five focused fronts for the FyTools utility suite. The full toolkit lives at fy.tools, and the broader Fyboard platform — contracts, knowledge, automation, payroll — at fyboard.com.
Same team. Same browser-first architecture. Same pricing model. Different doors — so the search intent and the landing always match up. FyPDFs on fypdfs.com; the whole toolkit on fy.tools; the broader platform on fyboard.com.
Open FyPDFs and see if the philosophy lands in practice. Free, no signup, no install — drop a file and find out.
Written at launch. We'll keep this page current as FyPDFs evolves.