05 — Utility

PDF Editor

A PDF editor that runs entirely in the browser. Files never leave the device.

Year: 2026
Status: Experiment
Area: Utility

Context

The document is opened and edited locally: no file is ever sent to a server. Search relies only on the PDF’s native text layer, extracted by pdf.js.

What was built

01Editing in the browser, with no upload.
02Search on the native text layer, no OCR.
03OIDC sign-in (Authorization Code + PKCE), Authentik-compatible, with no secret shipped to the client.

Technology

React
TypeScript
Vite
pdf.js
OIDC

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