My browser bookmark folder had 20 websites. I replaced them all with one.

Pavan Kumar — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:47:44 +0000

We've all been there.
A bookmark folder called "Tools" — with 20+ websites saved over years. iLovePDF for merging documents. TinyPNG for compressing images. Some random site for EMI calculation. Another one for generating QR codes.

Every time I needed something, I'd open a new tab, search, hope the site still existed, and pray it didn't ask me to sign up.
Then I realized something: I was solving the same problem 20 different times.

The problem with "one tool per website"
Each of these sites had its own account system, its own interface, its own ad layout. Half of them uploaded my files to their servers — files that contained salary slips, tax documents, client PDFs.

I didn't know where those files went. Neither did you, probably.
What I built instead

I spent 60 days building WorkUtilities — a single place with 130+ tools that covers everything I was using 20 different websites for.
PDF merge, split, compress, unlock. Image compression, background removal, format conversion. EMI calculator, GST calculator, SIP calculator. JSON formatter, JWT decoder, regex tester. QR code generator, password generator, word counter.

One URL. No account. No ads between every click.
The part that changed how I think The most important decision was making everything run in the browser.

Your PDF never leaves your device. Your salary numbers stay on your screen. Your files don't touch any server.

It sounds like a small thing. But once you build that way, you start noticing how many tools don't do this — and how unnecessary it is.

What's in your bookmark folder?
I'd love to know what tools you use daily. And if WorkUtilities.com covers any of them — try it free. No signup needed.

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My browser bookmark folder had 20 websites. I replaced them all with one.