Well, if you aren't a developer you're not going install a PDF editor by going to GitHub, especially if having a desktop app means downloading the code yourself. Also, all of these you listed were created within the last 6 months, which is after when BreezePDF was initially created anyways. Lots of options out there, everyone can choose however they see fit!
These aren't real arguments for/against your project. The body is also AI generated. I do not see a reason why I would want to try out your version, seeing as you don't care about writing a welcoming body.
Related: My FOSS tool allows uploading PDF files to a private server for annotating within a browser. Annotations are saved server-side in JSON format, which can be viewed and modified by anyone with the URL.
Redacting text seems to actually work. However, editing existing text results in both the original text and the edited version being shown in the PDF after download.
(The page downloads mupdf (WASM) for rendering the PDF. When "downloading" (= saving) the PDF, the page first checks whether the allowed three downloads have been reached via a POST request (no PDF data uploaded), then it downloads PyIodide and some Python wheels (pdfrw, defusedxml) before creating the PDF file.
Bit bummed to see many posts pitching their own products (often paid) rather than give OP feedback which is the spirit of a ShowHN. There should be a blanket policy of disallowing that.
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- BentoPDF (12.3k stars): https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf
- PDFCraft (3.6k stars): https://github.com/PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft
- PDFLince (31 stars): https://github.com/GSiesto/pdflince
Since this project likely uses the same stack, I’m not sure what the selling point of a more limiting product is.
https://repo.autonoma.ca/repo/notanexus/blob/HEAD/README.md
The software uses PHP and PDF.js for displaying and annotating. Screenshot:
https://i.ibb.co/gL39qGdc/notanexus.png
>This will use 1 of your free monthly downloads. You have 3 remaining.
If this is in [my] browser, why should I pay?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43880962
Redacting text seems to actually work. However, editing existing text results in both the original text and the edited version being shown in the PDF after download.
(The page downloads mupdf (WASM) for rendering the PDF. When "downloading" (= saving) the PDF, the page first checks whether the allowed three downloads have been reached via a POST request (no PDF data uploaded), then it downloads PyIodide and some Python wheels (pdfrw, defusedxml) before creating the PDF file.