Show DEV: I built A2Z Edit — free, private, browser-based image, PDF & OCR tools (100/100 Lighthouse)

Hey DEV community, I'm excited to announce the creation of A2Z Edit, a free, private, and browser-based toolkit for images, PDFs, OCR, QR codes, and file management. 🧩 This versatile tool includes features such as removing backgrounds, resizing, cropping, compressing, converting formats, adding watermarks, blurring sensitive areas, creating collages, and viewing/stripping EXIF metadata for images.

For PDFs, A2Z Edit offers merging, splitting, arranging, compressing, watermarking, signing, cropping, editing text, redacting, and converting to/from JPG, PNG, Word, and CSV/Excel. The OCR capabilities allow extracting text from images and PDFs in English, Arabic, and bilingual English+Arabic. QR code generation and scanning are also supported, with the ability to create QR codes and scan them from images or the device's camera.

File management tools include ZIP creation/extracting, Base64 encoding, and color converters in RGB, HEX, HSL, and CMYK formats. 🔒 What sets A2Z Edit apart is that all your files stay within your browser. Everything runs client-side, meaning no uploads, no servers, no signups, and no limits. This tool was built with performance, privacy, and reliability in mind, offering fast and seamless functionality without any ads or freemium restrictions. 🚀 You can try it out for yourself at https://www.a2zedit.com.

Your feedback and suggestions for additional tools are greatly appreciated. Share your thoughts in the comments! Note that this toolkit was developed using Next.js and operates entirely within the browser, achieving a perfect score of 100/100 on Lighthouse for performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO.