Local PDF — PDF to Word / Markdown in your browser

Your PDF stays local. Everything runs inside your browser, nothing is uploaded.

How it works

1. Drop a PDF onto the page, paste it with Ctrl+V, or try the sample file first.
2. Text extraction, layout analysis and OCR for scanned pages all run inside your browser; the file is never sent anywhere.
3. Download Word or Markdown, and open the conversion report to see which pages deserve a second look.

Why convert locally

Most online converters upload your file to a server. Local PDF has no server: it is a static page, the conversion engine runs in your browser, and you can verify that in the network panel. Contracts, statements and papers never leave your computer.

Frequently asked questions

Is it really free?

Yes. It is open source under the MIT licence, needs no account, and has no limit on the number or size of files beyond the memory of your computer.

Does it upload my file?

No. There is no server to upload to, and the page keeps working offline once loaded. Only the OCR components are downloaded the first time a scanned page needs them.

Can it convert scanned PDFs?

Yes. Pages without a text layer are recognised with PaddleOCR inside your browser, covering Simplified and Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese and more than 50 other languages.

How faithful is the Word output?

Text from PDFs with a text layer is exact; paragraphs, headings, lists, ruled tables, images and headers/footers are rebuilt. Fonts are not embedded, so line breaks can shift; the report flags pages with low confidence.

Which browsers are supported?

Recent Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari 16.4 or later on a computer. Phones handle small files, but large scans can run out of memory.

Source code on GitHub · MIT licence