About
PDF Salon is a free set of 95 PDF tools that run entirely in your web browser.
Why in the browser?
Most online PDF tools upload your documents to a server. Contracts, IDs, medical forms and bank statements end up on someone else’s computer. Here, every step (merging, compressing, converting, OCR, scanning) happens on your own device using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your files are never uploaded, so there’s nothing for anyone to store, leak or sell.
How it works
- pdf-lib edits PDFs (merge, split, rotate, watermark, forms, signatures).
- pdf.js renders pages for previews and reads text.
- qpdf (compiled to WebAssembly) handles passwords and AES-256 encryption.
- Tesseract.js recognizes text (OCR) and OpenCV.js finds document edges in the scanner.
- Heavy work runs in Web Workers so the page stays responsive.
Free to use
All tools are currently free to use, with no account, no limits and no watermarks. There are no ads and no tracking cookies. After your first visit the site works offline, and you can install it as an app from your browser’s menu.