File, document and everyday web utilities
Document scanning and processing tools
Apps, APIs and browser tools that scan, OCR, extract data from, organize, query, generate and sign documents for individuals managing paperwork and businesses automating document workflows.
Built for: Individuals, small businesses, developers
Projects since May 04
242
Different builders
233
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
-10%
AI is the core
32%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (47%), mobile app (22%), desktop app (6.6%) · from r/SideProject, r/SaaS, r/IMadeThis, r/vibecoding
Latest
- ToolDesk — Provides 41 browser-based file and utility tools, such as PDF editing, image compression and conversion, invoice generation, and QR codes, that process files locally without uploading them.“I built 41 browser tools that never upload your files (PDF editor, image compressor, invoice maker). Two months in: 5 clicks from Google. What am I doing wrong?”
- Loupe — Shows the comments and tracked changes hidden inside a Word file so they can be checked before sending.“never send a Word doc to a document without checking this first! made a tool to see what’s still inside a Word file”
- Reconce — Records browser workflows and generates editable step-by-step documentation with screenshots, redactions, exports and walkthrough videos.“I built a Chrome extension that turns browser workflows into SOPs, screenshots and walkthrough videos automatically”
- Converts handwritten notes on a whiteboard into readable text.“I taught a whiteboard to understand my terrible handwriting”
- Records a user's actions while they perform a task and generates a step-by-step standard operating procedure from them.“I built a tool that writes the SOP while I do the task”
- JaxScan — Scans documents into PDFs and other formats on an Android phone, with on-device OCR and PDF editing tools.“I built JaxScan – No Cloud, No Account, Offline Backup, Password Protected”
- CardsMate — Scans business cards on-device and stores the card image with editable contact details, folders, tags and meeting notes.“I made CardsMate: a modern business-card scanner without CRM subscription or any hidden paywalls”
- snipmd — Recognizes equations, paragraphs, and tables in a selected screen region locally and copies them to the clipboard as Markdown, LaTeX, plain text, or CSV.“I made a local Mac tool that copies equations and tables from screenshots”
- Notee — Converts PDFs, slides and images into study notes.“We're Orlov Productions. We built Notee, a free tool that turns PDFs, slides and images into notes...”
- Quba — Detects and masks sensitive personal data like names, IBANs and ID numbers as users type into AI chats, email and documents.“We built a Chrome extension that protects sensitive data before it reaches ChatGPT, Gmail or Docs. Looking for feedback”
- Generates student result cards in bulk with a logo placement.“Which one looks better?”
- Extracts text and structured data from business documents to automate a repetitive admin process.“Student building a document automation tool for small businesses. Stuck between privacy and hardware limits. How would you solve this?”
- Gixo Tools directory — Hosts a directory of 69 free browser-based tools for document work such as content checks, contract comparison, proposal checks, deck conversion and chart making.“I built a directory of 69 free tools for content, legal, proposals, decks and business work — looking for blunt feedback”
- FastCam — Scans documents on Android into PDFs with on-device OCR, editing, organizing and password protection, without cloud storage or an account.“I built FastCam because I wanted a Private document scanner that didn't need the cloud”
- Toolthy — Provides a collection of free browser-based utilities for PDF, image, audio, calculators, QR codes and network diagnostics, processing files locally without uploading them.“I built a free tool site with 30+ browser-based utilities (PDF, images, audio, calculators) — everything runs client-side, nothing gets uploaded”
- Lets accounting firms work with financial documents through an AI assistant whose answers cite back to source documents kept inside the product.“I'm starting to think "AI security" is a harder SaaS problem than building the AI”
- Presto — Converts Office and PDF documents, places a visible signature image on them, and hands them back to the mail app.“Presto 0.19.1 for MacOS”
- cardpool — Collects business card photos sent by sales reps via a shared event link, email, or WhatsApp and turns them into organized contact data with reports and CSV exports.“We built an app to help event and sales managers organize their business cards better”
- PaperCat — Runs local OCR on scanned paper mail and uses an AI model to extract deadlines, amounts, document type and suggested next actions, with optional reply drafts.“I built a Windows app because I wanted my scanned paper mail to actually understand deadlines, amounts and what I need to do next.”
- Generates documents progressively through a generator engine.“I built a progressive document generator engine.”
Most discussed
- Manages content for organizations in a specialized niche as a standalone offline HTML file.“Thinking of going commercial...”
- Automates the intake document workflow for law firms.“My 3 month project is turning into a service (I will not promote)”
- SmartDocAI — Converts photos or scans of printed and handwritten documents into editable text and exports them as Word, Excel, or PDF files.“I Just published my first vibecoded app on the Play Store”
- putmysign — Provides a cheaper e-signature service for PDFs, with an API, an embeddable signing widget, templates, and a free no-account signing tool.“Need an expert opinion about marketing strategy”
- Cellystial — Renders PDFs from JSON data using visually designed templates via a Typst-based engine and REST API.“I read a Zerodha blog post about PDFs and spent 4 months building a no-code PDF tool”
- Tracore — Validates LLM-generated JSON extracted from documents against a user-specified schema before returning it.“How did you get your first users for a dev tool? Just launched and feeling a bit lost”
- Soepia — Uses AI to organize a student's PDFs, notes, classes and deadlines into a study plan.“Building Soepia, my startup, while in college, how did you get your first users? Help me”
- DeckShare.ai — Shares PDF decks and proposals via links with page-by-page view tracking, instant link revocation, and an attached video pitch.“Getting tired of sending decks into a black hole and hearing nothing back”
- Navoks — Creates events from uploaded invoices, documents, or contracts by extracting the relevant details with AI.“Got the first 5 users within one month of launch”
- Kexara — Turns narrated screen recordings into structured process documents.“0 paid conversions from X signups on my B2B tool, here's what I'm testing to fix it”