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

PrivaTools provides 214 free online file tools — 102 PDF tools and 112 image, video, audio, and developer utilities. The entire stack is open source under the MIT license and self-hostable via Docker for teams that want their 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 first-party aggregate pageview telemetry only, with no browser-loaded Google analytics scripts. No accounts, no behavioural profiling.

PrivaTools at a glance

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.

Browse the full directory of all 214 tools →

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, use temporary per-request storage, 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, JWT Decoder, Regex Tester, Password Generator, Hash Generator, Base64, JSON/XML Formatter, and others) run entirely in your browser and never upload file content.

Can I self-host PrivaTools?

Yes. The entire stack is MIT-licensed and ships as a Docker Compose project. Clone github.com/deadpoolrulesmarvel1-svg/privatools and run docker compose up --build to host all 214 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 without third-party AI APIs. Summarize PDF runs distilbart-cnn-12-6 in your browser. Smart Redact runs BERT-base-NER in your browser for detection, then sends the PDF and approved strings to the isolated backend only to permanently apply redactions.

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.