Gizmoop

A while back I needed to merge two PDFs. I found a random site, uploaded my files, and then noticed the small print about how long they hold onto your documents. That annoyed me. Why does a simple PDF merge need my files sitting on someone else's server?

So I started building Gizmoop. One rule from day one: every tool has to run in the browser, on your own device. Nothing gets uploaded, nothing gets stored, no account needed. Close the tab and it's gone.

It began with a word counter and a couple of text tools. Then Alex and Sara kept asking for other things, so it kept growing. Right now there are about 130 tools. PDF stuff (merge, split, compress, convert), image tools (compress, resize, background remover), text and writing tools, and a big pile of calculators and unit converters.

The site is built on Next.js. Most of the heavy work like image compression and PDF handling happens client side, and honestly that was the hardest part to get right and keep fast on cheaper phones.

I'm not making much money yet. Traffic is slowly coming in from Bing and a few other places, and Google is still warming up to the domain. For now I'm more focused on making each tool actually good instead of adding hundreds more.

Two things I'd love feedback on:

What everyday tool do you wish existed but never quite works the way you want?

And does the privacy angle (runs in your browser, no upload) actually matter to you, or is it mostly makers who care about that?

The site is gizmoop.com if you want to poke at it. Happy to answer anything about how it's built.