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İsmail Sergen ATALAY
İsmail Sergen ATALAY

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I Built 50+ Image & PDF Tools That Run Entirely in Your Browser Using WebAssembly

What is Pixlane?

Pixlane is a free, browser-based toolkit with 50+ tools for image editing, PDF operations, and AI-powered enhancements. Everything runs locally in your browser - your files never leave your device.

Why I Built This

I was tired of online tools that upload your files to unknown servers, require signup for basic operations, slap watermarks on everything, or limit you to a few free uses per day.

So I built something different: a toolkit where ALL processing happens on YOUR device.

Tech Stack

  • C++ core compiled to WebAssembly (with SIMD)
  • ONNX Runtime Web for AI model inference
  • Cloudflare Pages for hosting
  • 28 languages with full i18n support

Features

Image Tools

  • Compress, resize, crop, convert (JPG/PNG/WebP/AVIF/HEIC)
  • GIF maker, collage creator, meme generator
  • QR code generator and reader

AI-Powered Tools

  • Remove Background - works great on portraits and products
  • Colorize Photos - brings black and white photos to life
  • Enhance Photo - fixes dark, noisy, or dull images
  • Cartoonize - turn photos into cartoon style
  • OCR - extract text from images

PDF Tools

  • Merge, split, compress PDFs
  • Convert images to/from PDF

Computer Vision Lab

  • Edge detection, contour analysis
  • Histogram analysis, watershed segmentation
  • Hough transform, feature detection

The Privacy Angle

Every single operation - including AI inference - runs in your browser. The AI models are downloaded once, cached locally, and executed via WebAssembly. No server ever sees your files.

Try It Out

Check it out at pixlane.media - completely free, no signup required.

I would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for new tools!

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