cloud? never heard of her 🌱
Your PDFs stay on the ground
Merge, compress, convert, OCR — all the free-tool stuff you already do,
except your files do not take a little vacation to someone else’s server.
GroundPDF: because the cloud is for rain, not your tax returns.
PDF tools (still on earth)
Merge PDF
Merge PDF free in your browser.
Compress PDF
Compress PDF free without uploading.
Split PDF
Split PDF free: extract ranges or every page.
Rotate PDF
Rotate PDF pages free online in your browser.
Organize PDF
Reorder PDF pages free online.
Remove PDF pages
Delete pages from PDF free online.
JPG to PDF
Convert JPG PNG WebP to PDF free in your browser.
PDF to Word
Convert PDF to Word DOCX free in your browser.
Word to PDF
Convert Word DOCX to PDF free.
Text to PDF
Convert text or notes to PDF free.
Watermark PDF
Add text watermark to PDF free.
Unlock PDF
Unlock PDF free if you know the password.
Sign PDF
Sign PDF free in your browser.
Edit PDF
Edit PDF free: add text or drawings in your browser.
OCR
OCR free with Tesseract in your browser.
Extract text from PDF
Extract text from PDF free online in your browser.
Image tools (also not skydiving)
Compress image
Compress images free like TinyPNG but no upload.
Bulk compress images
Compress many images at once free.
Resize image
Resize images free by max width/height.
Convert image
Convert images between PNG JPG WebP free.
Crop image
Crop images free by pixels in your browser.
Video & audio (heavy, but local)
Convert video
Convert video and audio free in your browser with ffmpeg.
Compress video
Compress video free in your browser.
Why “ground” though?
Cloud tools = your file goes up into the… cloud. Romantic. Also: someone else’s computer. GroundPDF keeps everything down here, on your machine, via WebAssembly. No upload. No “we delete after 2 hours, pinky promise.” Just gravity and good vibes.
Popular tools like iLovePDF and Smallpdf are great at SEO. They’re also great at receiving a copy of your PDF. We’re the weirdos who refuse the package.
Merge PDF free · Compress PDF free · Compress image free · Sign PDF free
FAQs nobody asked but we answered anyway
Do my files go to the cloud?
Nope. Ground. Dirt. Device. Browser. Zero cloud frequent-flyer miles.
Is it free?
Yes. No account. No “3 merges per day then cry.”
Can I verify?
Open DevTools → Network while you work. You won’t see your PDF getting mailed to a server. (CDN scripts for OCR/ffmpeg only load if you use those tools.)
Is GroundPDF a weather app?
Tragically, no. Just PDF tools that refuse to levitate.