WordNext PDF

Your PDFs, in the browser, with no account.

WordNext PDF reads, organises, merges, splits and protects PDF documents. The program runs in your browser: there is nothing to sign up for or install.

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Free and open source (MIT or Apache-2.0). Works in browsers with WebGPU or WebGL2.

The first visit downloads about 13 MB; after that your browser keeps it and it opens faster.

What you can do

The everyday things people do with PDF documents, on a single screen.

Read with care

Faithful typography, world scripts, transparency and deep zoom that stays sharp. Light and dark themes.

Organise pages

Reorder, rotate and delete pages as if they were cards on a table.

Merge and split

Join several documents into one or split one into several. Bookmarks, links, forms and attachments are kept.

Forms and comments

Fill in forms, add threaded comments and work with layers and attachments.

Protected documents

Open password-protected documents and respect the permissions their author set.

Safe saving

Every save appends your changes and leaves the original bytes untouched. Undo goes deep.

Getting started

Three steps and you are working with your document.

  1. Open the appPress “Open WordNext PDF”. It loads in the tab, with nothing to install.
  2. Choose your PDFOpen it from your computer and start reading or editing.
  3. Save or downloadYour changes are saved as a download to your computer.

Download it for your computer

You can also install WordNext PDF as a desktop program. It works offline and is the same application.

Version 0.8.0 preview. The installers are not signed yet, so macOS or Windows may warn you when opening them: see how to open them.

Your files stay yours

No server processes your documents: the application runs in your browser.

  • No account or sign-up.
  • No telemetry.
  • Open source: you can check what it does.

Install it as an app

From your browser's menu you can install WordNext PDF and open it in its own window, like any program. It needs an internet connection to load.

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Where it comes from

WordNext PDF is WordNext's edition of PdfCraft, an open-source PDF program written in Rust, offered in the browser and in Spanish. The source of this edition is on GitHub. It keeps the licences and the credit of the original project.