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Comment by ugh123

1 year ago

Is this open source? I think the world could use a good free and open 'utility' app for PDFs. Its hard to do digital business these days without even moderate features needed in PDF editing without paying Adobe or non-free online services - JUST TO EDIT A DOCUMENT.

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philjohnson  1 year ago

It's not open source at the moment, but I would consider it. Just have to think through it as once you go open-source it doesn't go over too well to go back. So, if I want to open source it, I want to be sure.

I'm sure some might like to modify it, though I think probably most people aren't developers and wouldn't want to.

There's no VCs or anything behind this, just me, and my costs are just a VPS to render the page, and all processing happens on the local device. So I have no reason to change any currently free features to ever not be free.

  • gaws  1 year ago

    > It's not open source at the moment, but I would consider it. Just have to think through it as once you go open-source it doesn't go over too well to go back. So, if I want to open source it, I want to be sure.

    It's hard to trust your site's promise of "No uploads, 100% privacy guaranteed" when people can't audit the code.

    • philjohnson  1 year ago

      Yes you can inspect it, just inspect source. Since everything runs in the browser, it's all inspectable.