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I built an offline PDF tool to avoid silent merge errors

2•PDFPlussOffline•1mo ago
In administrative and legal work, merging PDFs is not just about convenience. If one file is missing or duplicated and the tool doesn’t tell you, the result can be dangerous.

I ran into this problem multiple times. Many PDF tools “worked”, but they merged files silently even when something was wrong.

That scared me more than slow performance.

So I built a small offline PDF tool for my own work. It focuses on: - working fully offline - explicit logs instead of silent behavior - warning when files are missing or duplicated - prioritizing correctness over speed

I’m not trying to sell anything. I just wanted a tool I could trust in real document workflows.

I’m sharing this to see if others have faced similar issues, and whether this approach makes sense to you.

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Awesome! Do you have a link to the tool?

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