# alam00000/bentopdf

The Privacy First PDF Toolkit

Repository: https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bentopdf
Homepage: https://bentopdf.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: jpgtopdf, pdf, pdf-converter, pdf-generation, pdf-viewer, hacktoberfest, javascript, pdffiller, privacy, toolkit, typescript, adobe-acrobat, pdf-editor, pdf-viewer-component, pdfjs, self-hosted, pdf-tools, docker, pdf-ocr, self-hosting
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:49:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 23
- inputs: {"age_days": 325, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 37, "gap_med": 2.0, "n_releases_24m": 57}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14841, forks 1271 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:07.778975+00:00)

## What it is
BentoPDF is a self-hostable, privacy-first PDF toolkit that runs entirely client-side in the browser using WebAssembly, offering 50+ tools for merging, splitting, editing, converting, compressing, signing, and OCR-ing PDFs. It can be deployed via Docker or static hosting (including air-gapped environments), and files never leave the user's device.

## Use cases
- merge multiple pdf files without uploading them to a server
- compress a large pdf locally in the browser
- convert jpg images to pdf privately
- ocr a scanned pdf to make it searchable offline
- split a pdf into separate pages
- add a digital signature to a pdf without third-party services
- self-host a pdf toolkit for a company handling sensitive documents
- unlock a password-protected pdf

## When to choose
- you need PDF manipulation without uploading files to any server
- you want a free, self-hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat online tools
- you need offline or air-gapped PDF processing
- you handle sensitive documents subject to GDPR, CCPA, or HIPAA

## When to avoid
- you need server-side batch PDF automation via an API or CLI
- you require heavy processing of very large files beyond browser memory limits
- you need XFA/dynamic form PDF support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: pdf, ocr, image-processing, compression, developer-tools
- domain: pdf, files, privacy, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: browser, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: client-side, wasm, pdf-tools, privacy-first, no-upload, air-gapped, pdfjs, pdf-lib, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- alam00000/bentopdf (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.778975+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:07:07.842459+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.778975+00:00, sha bd83413ee3bf)
  - homepage: https://bentopdf.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:31.419192+00:00, sha ade58778d356)
  - site_page: https://www.bentopdf.com/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:31.428660+00:00, sha 016f9bd81859)
  - site_page: https://bentopdf.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:31.430609+00:00, sha ea6628c9129c)
  - site_page: https://www.bentopdf.com/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:31.432439+00:00, sha f8f656b53a0c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.