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PrivaTools — Free, Open-Source Privacy-First File Tools

PrivaTools provides 179 free online file tools — 101 PDF tools and 78 image, video, audio, and developer utilities. The entire stack is open source under the MIT license and self-hostable via Docker, so files stay on your own infrastructure. On the public demo, files are processed in an isolated container and deleted immediately after the response is returned — never stored, never shared with third parties. The public site uses anonymous Google Analytics 4 pageview telemetry only (IP-anonymized; blockable). No accounts, no behavioural profiling.

Chain tools with Pipeline

PrivaTools is the only free PDF suite with a chained pipeline: queue Merge → Compress → Watermark → Sign in a single click and download one final PDF. No competitor offers this in their free tier.

Process many files with Batch

Bulk-apply any compatible tool to dozens of files at once. Drop a folder of PDFs into Batch Compress, get a ZIP of compressed outputs back — no per-file clicking.

PDF Tools

Image, Video & Developer Tools

Frequently Asked Questions

Is PrivaTools really free?

Yes. Every tool is free with no daily quota, no watermark, no account, and no upsell. There is no premium tier. We do not sell data, run ads, or operate a freemium model.

Do you upload my files anywhere?

For server-side tools, files enter an isolated Docker container, are processed in temporary memory, and are unlinked immediately after the response. They are never written to permanent storage, never logged, and never used to train models. Many tools (Summarize PDF, Smart Redact, JWT Decoder, Regex Tester, Password Generator, Hash Generator, Base64, JSON/XML Formatter, and others) run entirely in your browser and never upload anything.

Can I self-host PrivaTools?

Yes. The entire stack is MIT-licensed and ships as a Docker Compose project. Clone github.com/taiyeba-dg/privatools and run docker compose up --build to host all 179 tools on your own server.

What file size limit does PrivaTools have?

500 MB per file. There is no daily or monthly quota — you can process unlimited files per day.

Does PrivaTools use AI?

Two tools use AI, both running entirely in your browser via WebAssembly: Summarize PDF uses distilbart-cnn-12-6 for text summarization, and Smart Redact uses BERT-base-NER for PII detection. Neither sends data to any third-party AI API.

How does PrivaTools compare to iLovePDF, Smallpdf, or Adobe Acrobat?

PrivaTools is free with no daily quota, requires no account, never retains your files, and is fully open source. See side-by-side comparisons at privatools.me/compare for each major competitor.