Luxpdf: an Open-Source, Free, Private PDF Webapp
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Often, there's a photo that I need to convert or remove its background in my photo album.
If you can imagine this, save it to files, and hold down for quick actions, convert, and then "save" back to the photo album.
This, to me, is asymmetrical and bizzare as any hidden Unix command that only wizards know.
Especially, because there is a giant asymmetrical difference between opening a photo and holding your finger down to invoke a menu (different from the former)
Of course, it validates your online tools.
And MacOS handles things completely differently. I use finder only, because there is no way I am locking my photos into any app, having done mass photo extractions over the years, always losing something along the way.
The average person must be at a total loss with all the machinations.
Thx!
We built a site called LuxPDF.com as an Open-Sourced, Free, Private alternative to FreeConvert/ILovePDF/PDFCandy. We offer almost 30 tools, all free, all completely private and open sourced.
We literally built this because one day I was helping my dads with FAFSA papers, and he didnt know how to convert his iPhone images (.HEIC) to PDF files. When he sent them to me I realized I couldn't trust any of these file converter websites with such sensitive files. They were all closed-sourced, paid, had ads written all over it, required logins, and some even stored the images on their servers. So I called a friend and we got to work, and built LuxPDF.com as a way to help students, small businesses, freelancers etc, to securely and freely convert and do basic PDF modifications.
The website is completely free with no logins/signups etc, we only make money through donations (BuyMeACoffee), and maybe sponsorships from bigger companies in the future (not as ads, but as a logo image with a link under the "Support Us" tab).
We really hope you enjoy it. We changed a lot over the past month, adding new tools, a different UI/color scheme to feel more professional, and more :)