**BentoPDF** is a powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser. No server-side processing is required, ensuring your files remain secure and private.
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## ✨ Why BentoPDF?
-**Privacy First**: All processing happens in your browser. Your files are never uploaded to a server, guaranteeing 100% privacy.
-**No Limits**: Manipulate as many files as you want, as often you want. There are no restrictions or upload limits.
-**High Performance**: Built with modern web technologies, BentoPDF is fast and efficient, handling even large PDF files with ease.
-**Completely Free**: BentoPDF is a free and open-source tool for everyone.
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## 🛠️ Features / Tools Supported
BentoPDF offers a comprehensive suite of tools to handle all your PDF needs.
### Organize & Manage PDFs
| Tool Name | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Merge PDFs** | Combine multiple PDF files into one. |
| **Split PDFs** | Extract specific pages or divide a document into smaller files. |
| **Organize Pages** | Reorder, duplicate, or delete pages with a simple drag-and-drop interface. |
| **Extract Pages** | Save a specific range of pages as a new PDF. |
| **Delete Pages** | Remove unwanted pages from your document. |
| **Rotate PDF** | Rotate individual or all pages in a document. |
| **N-Up PDF** | Combine multiple pages onto a single page. |
| **View PDF** | A powerful, integrated PDF viewer. |
### Edit & Modify PDFs
| Tool Name | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| **PDF Editor** | A comprehensive editor to modify your PDFs. |
Create a `docker-compose.yml` file with the content provided in the repository or use the existing one. Then, run:
```bash
docker-compose up -d
```
The application will be available at `http://localhost:3000`.
> **Note:** After making any local changes to the code, it’s recommended to rebuild the Docker image using:
```bash
docker-compose up --build -d
```
This ensures your latest changes are applied inside the container
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## 🛠️ Tech Stack & Background
BentoPDF was originally built using **HTML**, **CSS**, and **vanilla JavaScript**. As the project grew, it was migrated to a modern stack for better maintainability and scalability:
-**Vite**: A fast build tool for modern web development.
-**TypeScript**: For type safety and an improved developer experience.
-**Tailwind CSS**: For rapid and consistent UI development.
> **Note:** Some parts of the codebase still use legacy structures from the original implementation. Contributors should expect gradual updates as testing and refactoring continue.
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## 🗺️ Roadmap
### Planned Features:
-**HTML to PDF**: Convert HTML files or web pages into PDF documents.
-**Markdown to PDF**: Enhanced support for converting `.md` files to PDF.
-**Sanitize PDF**: Remove potentially malicious content like scripts from PDFs.
-**Convert to PDF/A**: Convert PDFs to the PDF/A archival format.
-**Edit PDF Content**: Directly edit text and other content within your PDF.
-**Linearize PDF**: Optimize PDFs for fast web viewing.
Contributions and discussions on the roadmap are welcome! Join the conversation via [Discord](https://discord.gg/q42xWQmJ).
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## 🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions from the community! Here’s how you can get started:
1.**Fork the repository** and create your branch from `main`.
2. Follow the **Getting Started** steps to set up your local environment.
3. Make your changes and commit them with a clear message.
4.**Open a Pull Request** and describe the changes you've made.
Have an idea for a new tool or an improvement? [Open an issue](https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf/issues) to discuss it first.
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## Special Thanks
BentoPDF wouldn’t be possible without the amazing open-source tools and libraries that power it. We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the creators and maintainers of:
- **[PDFLib.js](https://pdf-lib.js.org/)** – For enabling powerful client-side PDF manipulation.
- **[PDF.js](https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/)** – For the robust PDF rendering engine in the browser.
- **[PDFKit](https://pdfkit.org/)** – For creating and editing PDFs with ease.
- **[EmbedPDF](https://github.com/embedpdf/embed-pdf-viewer)** – For seamless PDF embedding in web pages.
- **[Cropper.js](https://fengyuanchen.github.io/cropperjs/)** – For intuitive image cropping functionality.
- **[Vite](https://vitejs.dev/)** – For lightning-fast development and build tooling.
- **[Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)** – For rapid, flexible, and beautiful UI styling.
Your work inspires and empowers developers everywhere. Thank you for making open-source amazing!
