smushpdf

year
2025
context
buggy.tools
tags
web

tldr

a pdf compressor that skips the server trip adobe and ilovepdf make you take

a pdf compressor that runs entirely in your browser. the site’s own line: “Your data never leaves your computer.”

drop in a pdf, pick a quality level (tiny for screens, medium for ebooks, large for printing), smush, download. the compression engine runs 100% locally, so “your files never leave your RAM. Zero network transit or storage.” once the page has loaded it works fully offline.

the page says the quiet part out loud: sites like adobe and ilovepdf upload your files to their servers for compression, and the entire pitch here is skipping that trip.

your private data travels when you compress a pdf cvs, quotes, contracts: confidential data wrapped in pdfs, sent to someone else's servers the proof: ilovepdf, smallpdf and adobe all uploading the file despite claiming browser-based compression so i made a pdf smusher that makes your data stay put

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