PreservePDF

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Additional tools

Users can add text boxes, redaction blocks, and signatures with drag-and-drop tools.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Annotation tools

Yesalphabasline.com · read 20 Sep 2026

Deployment

The FAQ says it can be deployed anywhere that runs Next.js, including Vercel's free tier.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Find and replace

The tool can find and replace text such as names, dates, and numbers across pages.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Font limit

Edited text uses standard PDF fonts, Latin text is fully supported, and specialised embedded or non-Latin fonts may fall back to a closest match.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

License

PreservePDF is open source under the MIT license.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Local processing

PDF rendering, text extraction, OCR, and editing happen in the browser, and documents do not leave the device.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Mobile use

The interface is mobile responsive and works on phones and tablets.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

OCR

Yesalphabasline.com · read 20 Sep 2026

Offline use

The maker says PreservePDF works offline.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

PDF export

Edited documents export as genuine PDFs rather than flattened images.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

PDF restrictions

It can remove owner-level restrictions, but PDFs protected by an open password require the user to enter that password first.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Purpose

PreservePDF edits PDF text while aiming to keep the original fonts, spacing, and formatting.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Scanned PDFs

On-device Tesseract.js OCR turns scanned image-only documents into editable text.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Support

Users can contact the maker by email or open a GitHub issue or discussion; the contact page says it will respond as soon as it can.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

Supported platforms

webalphabasline.com · read 20 Sep 2026

Text editing

Users can click text on a PDF page and edit it in place.alphabasline.com · read 12 Oct 2026

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