GitHub - mrmn2/PdfDing: Selfhosted PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices.
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Hi c/selfhosted,

here’s another Update on PdfDing, the selfhosted PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices. You can find the repo here.

Thanks to being included in the favorite selfhosted apps launched in 2024 on selfh.st, PdfDings’s popularity improved greatly. This week the project crossed the 500 Stars on github, which was a big milestone for me. Thanks! Another thing that made me quite happy is that PdfDing got its first two contributions!

Milestones aside there were also new features and improvements since my last post:

  • PDFs can be starred and archived. Starred and archived PDFs can be quickly accessed in the overview. Archived PDFs are hidden from the default overview.
  • New (beautiful) theme inspired by fli.so. You can find a screenshot here.
  • Preview mode: the first page of each PDF can be shown in the overview without entering the viewer.
  • Optional thumbnail mode: The first page of each PDF will be shown as a thumbnail in the overview.
  • Design improvements that (in my opinion) make the whole application feel cleaner and more beautiful
  • I have created a helm chart so it can be easily installed on Kubernetes

As always I am happy if you star the repo or if someone wants to contribute.

  • naeap@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Tried their demo on mobile.
    Is the highlighter for everyone just working, when you start in a non-text area?
    If I try to mark just one word in the text, it does nothing. If I start in a non-text area, I can move over the text afterwards.

    But highlighting single words or text parts is pretty much the use case for a highlighter.

    Maybe it’s just my Firefox on android…

    • mrmn@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      I just checked, I usually don’t use the app on a mobile device. If you want to highlight text on mobile:

      • open the highlight menu
      • select the text as if you were to copy it (long press, etc)
      • then click on a color
      • the text should now be highlighted
    • mrmn@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Currently, there is no ocr. I also don’t know if I’ll add at some point in the future. It kinda clashes with the philosophy of keeping it simple and minimal as it is quite resource hungry.

      • prenatal_confusion@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        Ah didnt even realize you are the dev. Thanks for the work you put Into this!

        I get that ocr clashes but for me it is mostly scanned documents that are not really useable without ocr. I imagine a lot of people face the same situation. Either way I understand your position on this.

        Either way, great project!