Free online tools, explained properly
Guides for the browser-based tools people actually need: merging a PDF, getting a photo under an upload limit, pulling text out of a scan, formatting JSON. Each page covers the settings that matter, the mistakes that waste your time, and what the tool cannot do.
Every tool covered here runs in ToolHub, a library of over 1,000 browser-based utilities across PDF, image, video, audio, text and developer categories. Nothing needs an install and nothing needs an account.
These pages are guides, not the tools themselves. They exist because most tool sites give you a button and no explanation, so people compress the same file four times or convert in the wrong direction and blame the software. ToolHub is built by CodeAiMan, an AI-first software company based in Ahmedabad.
PDF tools
Merge, split, compress and convert documents without installing anything.
Merge PDF
Combine several PDFs into one, control the page order, and avoid the two mistakes that produce a broken output file.
Read guideSplit PDF
Pull out a single page, a range, or break a document apart entirely. Plus the off-by-one trap that catches almost everyone.
Read guideCompress PDF
Compression targets images, not text. That one fact explains why some PDFs shrink 90 percent and others barely move.
Read guidePDF to Word
Some PDFs convert perfectly and some come out as garbage. The difference is whether the text is real text or a picture of text.
Read guideWord to PDF
This direction is the easy one. Here is why, plus the one thing that still goes wrong: fonts.
Read guidePDF to JPG
The whole job comes down to one setting: DPI. Pick it wrong and your text is unreadable or your file is enormous.
Read guideJPG to PDF
Mostly used for phone-camera document scans. Here is how to stop them coming out crooked, huge and unreadable.
Read guideRotate PDF
Rotating in your PDF viewer does not save. Here is the difference between viewing rotated and being rotated.
Read guideUnlock PDF
There are two kinds of PDF lock and they are not the same thing. One you can clear, the other needs the password.
Read guideAdd Page Numbers to PDF
For documents assembled from several sources, where no single file knows what page it is on.
Read guideImage tools
Compress, resize, crop and convert. The highest-leverage tools on this list.
Compress Image
Most images can lose 60 to 70 percent of their size with no visible difference. Here is where the line actually is.
Read guideResize Image
Resizing down is free and lossless in perceived quality. Resizing up cannot invent detail. Know which you are doing.
Read guideConvert Image to WebP
WebP beats JPG and PNG at the same visual quality. Support is no longer the issue it was, but there are still two cases to avoid it.
Read guidePNG to JPG
A PNG photo converted to JPG can lose 80 percent of its size. A PNG logo converted to JPG just looks worse.
Read guideCrop Image
Cropping is how you hit a required aspect ratio without stretching. Here are the ratios that actually matter.
Read guideImage to Text (OCR)
OCR accuracy depends almost entirely on the input image. Here is what to fix before you blame the tool.
Read guideVideo tools
Compress, trim and convert clips, plus pulling audio out of them.
Compress Video
Everyone reaches for resolution first. Bitrate is what actually controls the file size.
Read guideConvert Video to MP4
MOV, AVI, MKV all play somewhere. MP4 with H.264 plays everywhere. That is the whole reason for this conversion.
Read guideTrim Video
Cutting dead footage reduces file size with zero quality loss. Compression cannot say the same.
Read guideVideo to GIF
GIF is a terrible video format that is universally supported. Here is how to keep one small enough to be useful.
Read guideExtract Audio from Video
Sometimes you can copy the audio track out untouched. That is always better than re-encoding it.
Read guideAudio tools
Convert, trim and join audio files.
Convert Audio to MP3
The only decision is bitrate, and speech needs far less of it than people give it.
Read guideTrim Audio
Cut in silence, not mid-word, and add a short fade. That is the difference between a clean clip and an amateur one.
Read guideMerge Audio
Mismatched levels are what make a merged file sound stitched together. Formats matter less than volume.
Read guideText tools
Counting, case conversion and cleanup for text you are about to paste somewhere.
Word & Character Counter
Useful mainly because so many things have hard character limits. Here are the ones worth memorising.
Read guideChange Text Case
Fixes caps-lock accidents, and converts between the naming conventions code actually uses.
Read guideRemove Duplicate Lines
The traps are invisible: trailing spaces and case differences mean identical-looking lines are not duplicates.
Read guideDeveloper tools
Formatters, encoders, hashes and generators for everyday development work.
JSON Formatter
Four mistakes cause almost every JSON parse error. Trailing commas top the list.
Read guideBase64 Encoder / Decoder
Base64 is encoding, not encryption. Anyone can decode it instantly, which matters more than most people realise.
Read guideURL Encoder / Decoder
Spaces, ampersands and question marks break URLs. Encoding fixes it, and double-encoding breaks it differently.
Read guideHash Generator
MD5 is fine for checking a download. It is completely unfit for passwords, and so is SHA-256 on its own.
Read guideQR Code Generator
Most unscannable QR codes are either printed too small or encode a URL that is far too long.
Read guideThe CodeAiMan product family
ToolHub is one of four products from the same team. Each one is free to try in the browser.
ToolHub
Over 1,000 browser-based tools for PDF, image, video, audio, text and developer work. No sign-up required.
Open ToolHubsiteIQ
AI-powered website auditing: SEO analysis, performance testing, security checks, accessibility reports and backlink analysis.
Open siteIQFluenzo
AI English-learning platform with a voice AI tutor, speaking analysis, gamified lessons and a dedicated track for children.
Open FluenzoCWS (Code With Squad)
Coding education platform with courses, an in-browser code playground and one-to-one mentorship.
Open CWSAll four products come from CodeAiMan, an AI-first development company, which also does client work across CodeAiMan web development, CodeAiMan mobile app development, CodeAiMan cloud and DevOps and CodeAiMan UI/UX design. Their CodeAiMan portfolio covers AI ERP systems, e-commerce, recruitment, logistics and FinTech lending.
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