The latest articles on DEV Community by Baraa-hub (@baraahub). https://dev.to/baraahub https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3901178%2Ffc240515-5ba2-43f7-bf9b-62dd33fb6eaa.png https://dev.to/baraahub en Baraa-hub Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:21:16 +0000 https://dev.to/baraahub/i-built-a-free-pdf-toolkit-that-properly-handles-arabic-documents-20fn https://dev.to/baraahub/i-built-a-free-pdf-toolkit-that-properly-handles-arabic-documents-20fn <p>Hey dev.to! 👋<br> I got frustrated with existing PDF tools that either charge you, store your files, or completely mangle Arabic text. So I built ieatpdf.com — a free all-in-one PDF toolkit.<br> What it does:</p> <p>Convert PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG, HTML<br> Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint files back to PDF<br> Merge multiple PDFs into one<br> Split PDF by page range<br> Compress PDF (Low/Medium/High)<br> Lock and unlock PDFs with password<br> Full Arabic and RTL document support</p> <p>Tech stack:</p> <p>Python + Flask backend<br> Hosted on Railway<br> LibreOffice for file conversion<br> Ghostscript for compression<br> Tesseract OCR for Arabic text extraction<br> PDF.js for in-browser preview</p> <p>Privacy first — every file is permanently deleted immediately after processing. No storage, no tracking.<br> Would love feedback from the community — especially on the compression quality and Arabic OCR accuracy.<br> 👉 <a href="https://ieatpdf.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ieatpdf.com</a></p> productivity python showdev sideprojects