About

PlainFile is a one-person project. I build every tool myself, write every guide, and answer every piece of feedback. I'm papacoder — a product person by trade, and the person behind the papacoder YouTube channel.

Why PlainFile exists

Every week, millions of bank statements, medical records, and government forms are uploaded to "free online tools" — and sit on someone else's server. PlainFile takes the opposite bet: your files should never need to leave your device to be processed. Every tool here runs entirely in your browser, using WebAssembly and JavaScript. There is no file-processing backend to breach, subpoena, or leak.

Don't trust it — verify it

The privacy claim is checkable, not a slogan. Open your browser's Developer Tools, switch to the Network tab, and use any tool: you will see zero requests carrying file content. Or turn off your Wi-Fi after the page loads — the tools keep working, because everything happens locally.

How the guides are written

Every guide and audit on this site is based on tests I run myself — real files, real tools, real outputs — not on rephrasing other people's articles. When a claim matters, the underlying data is published alongside it.

Contact

Found a bug, want a tool, or disagree with a test result? Reach out via the YouTube channel above — I read everything.