The latest articles on DEV Community by Pixelquil (@pixelquil). https://dev.to/pixelquil https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4081574%2F182616a0-6459-4496-bcdf-4c57f008ddef.png https://dev.to/pixelquil en Pixelquil Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:03:06 +0000 https://dev.to/pixelquil/i-built-pixelquil-free-browser-tools-for-svg-json-and-technical-seo-no-signup-no-uploads-mep https://dev.to/pixelquil/i-built-pixelquil-free-browser-tools-for-svg-json-and-technical-seo-no-signup-no-uploads-mep <p>I kept running into the same small problem while working on client sites and my own projects: I needed a quick tool to fix a broken SVG, format a messy JSON blob, or check a robots.txt file, and every free option online either wanted me to sign up first or uploaded my file to their server before showing me anything.</p> <p>So I built <a href="https://pixelquil.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pixelquil</a>, a small toolkit that runs entirely in the browser. No account, no upload, no server processing your file. Whatever you paste in stays on your device.</p> <h2> What's in it right now </h2> <p><strong>SVG tools</strong></p> <ul> <li>SVG editor and viewer</li> <li>viewBox fixer (for that classic "my icon is cut off" problem)</li> <li>Color palette extractor</li> </ul> <p><strong>Developer tools</strong></p> <ul> <li>JSON formatter and validator</li> <li>JWT decoder</li> <li>Regex tester and builder</li> <li>UUID and hash generators</li> <li>Password and passphrase generator</li> <li>Case converter, Unix timestamp converter, text diff checker, cron expression parser, and a few more</li> </ul> <p><strong>SEO tools</strong></p> <ul> <li>robots.txt tester</li> <li>AI crawler access checker</li> </ul> <h2> Why client side only </h2> <p>Two reasons, honestly. First, privacy. A lot of the files people run through these tools come from client work, and I did not want to be the reason someone's unreleased product SVG or a JWT with real claims in it ends up sitting on some server's logs. Second, speed. Client side tools respond instantly. No upload spinner, no waiting on a request round trip for something that should take milliseconds.</p> <h2> What's next </h2> <p>More tools are getting added as I run into more of these small tasks myself. If you have a tool you keep wishing existed but never bothered to look for, drop it in the comments. That is genuinely how most of the current list got built.</p> <p>Try it here: <a href="https://pixelquil.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">pixelquil.com</a></p> ai webdev productivity programming