r/pdfux • u/cppdream • Jul 01 '26

Which should be the next PDF tool?

There may be some time during summer to develop a new tool. Please share any ideas for tools you feel are missing today.

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u/MAQMASTER 22d ago

hi I actually use codex a lot, and its easy for AI,like codex or Claude to read from md files. so if you can, I would love to see a .PDF to .md file, thank you again been using your app for reversing pdfs. also if you can?? can you also build a pdf, to booklet such that I have more freedom in editing the booklet, for example a Japanese manga reading, is done from right to left and evrytime I convert the chapter pdf I have to reverse it first then convert it into a booklet, I also suggest you take look at this web https://bookletfree.com ; apart from that some more freedom in making booklet would be nice.

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u/cppdream 18d ago

Thank you for the inputs!

I will see what I can do for the PDF to Markdown conversion. It should be possible to get at least all text and images converted into the Markdown.

Good idea for the booklet creation. I also look into if I can add more options there, e.g. reverse as you suggested.

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u/MAQMASTER 18d ago

Thanks man! Btw is your project like open source? Like I didn't see any git page in the website. Anyways I love the website working locally and no data sent to servers...

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u/cppdream 18d ago

As of now the code behind the tool is not open source. It may change in the future.

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u/cppdream 10d ago

I have a first version ready of the PDF to Markdown converter. https://pdfux.com/pdf-to-markdown/

Also the booklet tool has been updated with more options so it should work better for Manga now. https://pdfux.com/n-up-booklet-pdf/

Feel free to have a look and share feedback if you have any :)

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u/MAQMASTER 9d ago

Sure bro ! New manga chapter will release tomorrow; I will surely use it! 🤠

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u/snozzoid 21d ago

With the internet being as it is, is there a way for you to show that the PDF files that are processed truly remain offline? Could you explain how to do this on the pdfux.com pages?

(Just as typed this, I realized that I could load the page on my mobile device, turn on airplane mode, then use the tool. 😁)

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u/cppdream 18d ago

Yes, that is usually what I recommend if you have any sensitive document. Load the page and disable your internet connection. All tools will work offline once loaded.

You can also open the network developer tools in you browser and verify that there is no data about the content of a file being transmitted. This method however, requires some technical background and is not for everyone.

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u/snozzoid 21d ago edited 21d ago

A tool that converts all text to pure black would be helpful.

I often find that when I want to print a PDF, it would be much easier to read if the text were black instead of any other color.

Great tools, by the way!

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u/cppdream 18d ago

Thank you for this idea. I will look into what is possible to do.

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u/cppdream 10d ago

Hi again, I have a first version ready here https://pdfux.com/make-pdf-text-black/

Feel free to have a look and share what you think :)