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Welcome to CrabPDF

Edit PDF text, run OCR, find and replace, split badly detected text, and redact documents directly in your browser.

No uploads. No backend. Your PDF stays on your machine.

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Files are processed locally in your browser.

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Free local PDF editing

CrabPDF is a free in-browser PDF editor focused on text editing. It can edit existing PDF text, run OCR on scanned documents, review low-confidence OCR words, find and replace detected text, split badly detected text fragments, and export flattened redacted PDFs.

Private by design

CrabPDF runs locally in the browser. The editing flow does not require uploading your PDF to a backend server. This makes it useful for quick corrections, private documents, OCR fixes, and local redaction experiments.

Learn how to use CrabPDF

Features · Edit PDF text · OCR scanned PDFs · Find and replace · Redact PDFs · Split PDF text · No-upload PDF editor