I built PDFQuick — 8 free PDF tools that never upload your files

Hi IH 👋

Just shipped PDFQuick (https://usepdfquick.com) — a free suite of 8 PDF tools where files never leave your browser.

The problem I kept hitting:

Every time I needed to merge two PDFs or compress one for an email, my options were:

- iLovePDF / Smallpdf — uploads files to their server, daily limits, and signup walls for the actually useful features

- Adobe Acrobat — costs more than I want to pay for occasional PDF tasks

- Desktop apps — fine, but I'm not installing software for a 2-minute job

So I built PDFQuick around a single constraint: the file must never leave the browser.

What's there:

Merge, Split, Compress, Protect (password), PDF↔Image, Watermark, Rotate. Eight tools, all client-side.

How it works (and why I'm posting on IH):

- 100% vanilla JS + PDF-lib, served as a static site

- No backend = nowhere to upload files = privacy is structural, not promised

- You can verify in DevTools → Network tab. Zero file upload requests during processing.

- No signup, no daily caps, no watermarks

- Funded by AdSense — free forever, no premium tier

Where I'm at:

Solo founder, side project, just shipped. Now in the boring-but-critical phase: getting the first 100 real users. Listed on SaaSHub today, posting here, and working through other directories this week.

What I'd love feedback on:

1. Is the privacy angle ("files never upload") actually a buying reason, or does nobody care?

2. The 8 tools cover ~80% of what people want — should I add anything before pushing for traffic? (OCR and PDF→Word are the obvious gaps; both would require a backend, breaking the constraint.)

3. Anyone here built static-site SaaS with AdSense as the only revenue model? Curious what the realistic ceiling is.

Try it: https://usepdfquick.com

Happy to answer any technical questions about the PDF-lib setup or the no-backend architecture.