PDF Converter

Convert and edit PDF files in your browser. Nothing leaves your device.

Try it online: pdf.askjeeves.cc

More free tools: askjeeves.cc — PDF, images, CSV/JSON/Excel, Word, and more.

Supported conversions

Conversion	Status	Notes
Extract page range → PDF	Enabled	Max ~50 MB, 50 pages
Split all pages → ZIP of PDFs	Enabled	Max ~50 MB, 50 pages
Pages → PNG (ZIP if multiple)	Enabled	Max ~50 MB, 50 pages
PDF → JPEG(s)	Enabled	Max ~50 MB, 50 pages
PDF → WebP(s)	Enabled	Max ~50 MB, 50 pages
Remove pages from PDF	Enabled	Max ~50 MB, 50 pages
Compress PDF	Enabled	Max ~50 MB, 50 pages
Merge PDF	Enabled	Requires multiple PDF files; max ~50 MB each

How it works

All conversion runs in your browser. Files are never uploaded to a server. Shared UI and validation live in vendored @askjeeves/* packages under vendor/. This repo wires tool.config.ts to processor functions in src/scripts/processors.ts.

Requirements

Requirement	Version
Node.js	≥ 22.12
pnpm	10.27+

Enable pnpm once if needed:

corepack enable pnpm

Use pnpm, not npm — a preinstall script enforces this.

Install and run

git clone https://github.com/askjeeves-tools/pdf-tools.git
cd pdf-tools
pnpm install
pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:4321.

Build and preview

pnpm build      # output → dist/
pnpm preview    # serves dist/ locally

Do not open dist/index.html via file:// — ES modules require a local server.

Deploy

Option A — Cloudflare Pages (built-in)

pnpm deploy

This runs pnpm build then wrangler pages deploy dist. Log in first with wrangler login. Configuration lives in wrangler.toml.

First-time Cloudflare setup:

1. Create a Cloudflare Pages project (or let Wrangler create one on first deploy).
2. In the Cloudflare dashboard, open the project → Custom domains → add pdf.askjeeves.cc.
3. Add the DNS record Cloudflare provides (typically a CNAME to your Pages hostname).

GitHub repo setup (for askjeeves-tools/pdf-tools):

1. Create a public repo named pdf-tools in the askjeeves-tools org.
2. Push this directory (source, vendor/, pnpm-lock.yaml, config files — not node_modules/ or dist/).
3. Set the repo website to https://pdf.askjeeves.cc and topics such as astro, pdf, pdf-converter, browser, cloudflare-pages.

Option B — Any static host

After pnpm build, upload the contents of dist/ to Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, S3, or any static host. No server-side runtime is required.

Scripts

Script	Purpose
dev	Astro dev server
build	Static production build
preview	Preview dist/
deploy	Build + Cloudflare Pages deploy
test:e2e	Playwright end-to-end tests (see below)
lint	Biome check

Packages

Runtime dependencies

Package	Role
astro	Static site framework
@askjeeves/ui	Layout, converter UI, client controller
@askjeeves/conversion-core	Config, validation, errors, file limits
@askjeeves/astro-integration	Astro plugin, branding globals
@askjeeves/processors-pdf	PDF merge, split, compress, and image export

The four @askjeeves/* packages are vendored under vendor/@askjeeves/ and linked via file: paths in package.json. You do not install them separately.

Dev dependencies

Package	Role
typescript	Type checking
@playwright/test	End-to-end tests
wrangler	Cloudflare Pages deploy

Transitive (via processors)

pdf-lib, PDF.js, and JSZip are pulled in automatically by @askjeeves/processors-pdf.

Tests

End-to-end tests under tests/e2e/ import @askjeeves/test-e2e, which is not included in this standalone export. To run them locally, sync that package from the Ask Jeeves Modules monorepo into vendor/@askjeeves/test-e2e and add a matching file: dependency in package.json, or run tests from the upstream monorepo instead.

pnpm test:e2e

Errors users may see

Failures appear in #tool-status with accessible error styling. Common cases:

Situation	What to do
Wrong file type	Upload a PDF file
File too large	Use a smaller file (max ~50 MB, lower for some conversions)
Invalid file content	Use a valid PDF file
Conversion failed	Try different options or another file
Cancelled	Click Convert again
Load / engine error	Refresh the page

For maintainers

This repo was exported from the Ask Jeeves Modules monorepo as a self-contained project. Shared packages live in vendor/@askjeeves/.

Do not copy tools/pdf-tools/ directly from the monorepo — that folder uses workspace:* dependencies that only resolve inside the monorepo. To re-export after upstream changes:

node scripts/export-standalone-tool.mjs pdf-tools ./export/pdf-tools

See docs/sub-projects.md in the upstream repo. See also STANDALONE.md.