Small tools for the working day

Turn lines into lists, count what you have written, change how it is capitalised.

• Convert a list New Lines become a list separated by commas, semicolons or pipes.
• Change capitalisation New Upper case, lower case, sentence case or headline style.
• Count characters New Characters, words, lines and reading time – with the limits that matter.
• Find URLs in text New Pull every web address out of a block of text, deduplicated.
• Generate Lorem Ipsum Placeholder text by words, characters or paragraphs.
• Markdown editor with preview Write with a live preview - save as MD, HTML, Word or PDF.
• Build a Markdown table Fill in a grid instead of counting pipes - paste from a spreadsheet too.
• Remove formatting Fonts, colours and invisible characters out – plain text stays.

Base64, URL encoding and the other conversions that come up between systems.

• Base64 encode and decode New Both directions, with a readable message when the input is not valid.
• URL encode and decode New For a single value or for a whole address – the difference matters.
• Convert Markdown and HTML Both directions: Markdown to HTML and HTML back to Markdown.

Work on PDFs, tidy up JSON and HTML - all of it in your browser.

• Format and check JSON New Indent it readably or compress it to one line – and find the error.
• Shrink a PDF Bring scanned PDFs down to a fraction - the text stays text.
• Compress HTML New Strip the whitespace a browser does not need, and see what you saved.
• Merge PDF files Several PDFs into one - in the order you decide.
• Split a PDF Split at one place, every X pages, or by file size.
• Cut a PDF off after page X Keep the first pages, leave the rest out.
• Extract PDF pages Pull out single pages or ranges - as one file or one each.
• Delete PDF pages Remove individual pages - the rest stays as it was.
• Rotate PDF pages Straighten pages that scanned sideways - one or all.
• Split a PDF by file size For attachment limits: parts that stay under 10, 20 or 25 MB.
• PDF to JPG or PNG Pages as pictures - at the resolution you need.
• Edit PDF pages Merge, reorder, rotate, delete, split - on one screen.
• Images to PDF Several photos as one document - upright, in the order you want.
• View and remove PDF metadata Who is named in the document - and how to get them out.
• Save Markdown as Word Real styles and real lists - not HTML under a different extension.
• Save Markdown as PDF Typeset with headings, lists, tables and clickable links.
• Convert PDF to Word Text, headings, lists and tables back into an editable document.
• Sign a PDF Your signature on the contract - without a printer or a scanner.
• Redact a PDF Black out names and numbers - so that they are really gone.
• Measure distances in a PDF Click two points, read the distance - true to scale, on building plans too.

Convert and shrink images, trim videos - all of it on your own device.

• Convert an image Convert between JPG, PNG and WebP - nothing gets uploaded.
• Convert SVG to JPG or PNG Turn a SVG file into a pixel image, at the size you need.
• Shrink an image Fewer pixels, a smaller file - or both, down to a size you name.
• View and remove EXIF data Shows what a photo gives away about you - and takes it out.
• Set GPS coordinates on photos Pick a place on the map - your images come back unchanged.
• Convert HEIC to JPG iPhone photos in a format that opens everywhere.
• Still frame from a video One frame out of the clip - at the video's own resolution.
• View video information Length, resolution, frame rate, codecs - even for files that will not open.
• Trim a video Cut the start and the end - in seconds, without re-encoding.
• Add a watermark Put a logo on a picture - by dragging, not by typing coordinates.
• Remove sound from a video Muting does not do it - removing does. In seconds.
• Extract sound from a video The audio track as its own file - without loss where possible.
• Convert a video Between MP4, WebM and MOV - without re-encoding where possible.
• Shrink a video Under the attachment limit - with a target size instead of a guess.
• Video to GIF A short moment as an animation - with an honest size figure.
• Rotate a video Shot sideways, needed upright - usually in seconds.

The small steps of a working day at the editor.

• Convert timestamps New Unix timestamp to date and back, in seconds or milliseconds.

Configuration and credentials for Apache, MySQL and the rest of the machine.

• Generate passwords New Several at once, with an honest word about how strong they are.
• Create htpasswd credentials New The line for the file and the block for the .htaccess, both at once.

Small helpers for posts, notices and invoices.

• Format text for LinkedIn New Bold and italic for posts, which LinkedIn keeps.
• Create a QR code New For links, Wi-Fi access and bank transfers.
• Scratchpad Write notes as plain text or Markdown, keep them as separate files and save them as Word or PDF.

Hours, dates, week numbers and VAT – the arithmetic that comes up between other work.

• Work out VAT New Net to gross and back – at 19, 7 or a rate of your own.
• Work out hours New Add up times, take off breaks, get decimal hours.
• Work out dates New Days between two dates – or shift a date.
• Find the week number New Which week is this date in – and what dates are in week 34?
• Calculate age To the year, month and day - not an approximation.