TL;DR: PrivaTools is a free, open-source, privacy-first suite of 179+ file tools. MIT-licensed, self-hostable, no accounts, no ads, no data resale. Files uploaded to the public demo are processed in memory and deleted on response — many tools never upload at all.
How PrivaTools processes your files with zero-knowledge architecture. Files are processed and immediately deleted — never stored or shared. 100% open source.
PrivaTools provides 179 free online file tools across PDF, image, video, audio, archive, and developer workflows. The codebase is MIT-licensed and self-hostable via Docker, so the privacy guarantees can be audited end-to-end. The public demo at privatools.me processes server-side tasks inside an isolated container and deletes the input the moment the response leaves the server.
PrivaTools is an open-source project under the MIT license — see the code on GitHub at taiyeba-dg/privatools. The public demo at privatools.me is maintained by independent contributors, with no advertisers, investors, or data brokers in the picture.
Server-side tools hold your file in temporary memory only for the duration of processing. The moment the response is delivered the file is unlinked; a cleanup task purges any stragglers every five minutes. No backups, thumbnails, or metadata are retained. Many tools run entirely in your browser and never upload at all.
Yes. Every tool is free with no daily quota, no watermark, no account, and no upsell. We do not sell user data, run ads, or operate a freemium tier.
Yes. The full stack is MIT-licensed and ships as a Docker Compose project. Clone the repo and run docker compose up --build to host the whole thing on your own server.