Roadmap
Built in the open.
51 tools shipped. Each one verified on real documents before it appeared here. This page shows what shipped, what is being built next, and what is coming further out.
Items in the planned column are confirmed intentions, not promises. The order reflects current priority. A tool only ships when it passes the full quality bar — not before. Detailed changelog →
Shipped
- Shipped
51 tools — all verified on real documents
Split, merge, rotate, sign, organize, watermark, crop, page numbers, compress, redact, fill forms, protect, unlock, repair, OCR, grayscale, HEIC to PDF, and more — plus format conversion (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, Markdown, EPUB, TIFF, and others).
June 2026
- Shipped
On-device processing for all edit tools
Every tool that organizes or edits a PDF runs entirely in your browser. The file never reaches a server. Format conversion (PDF to Word, PDF to PowerPoint, etc.) uses a secure server that deletes the file immediately after conversion.
June 2026
- Shipped
56 guides explaining how PDF tools actually work
Plain-language guides covering every major PDF operation — what works, what does not, and why. Each guide is tied to the tool it describes.
June 2026
- Shipped
Live search across all tools and guides
Find any of the 51 tools or 56 guides by typing. Runs client-side with no server round-trip.
June 2026
- Shipped
Measured comparison with iLovePDF and Smallpdf
A data-backed comparison covering third-party requests, on-device processing, output quality, and account requirements. No marketing claims — only measured numbers.
June 2026
Up next
- Up next
PDF to Excel
Table extraction from PDF to XLSX. Quality varies by PDF type — text-layer PDFs with clear table structure convert well; image-based PDFs require OCR. Will ship when the output quality meets the bar and the copy is honest about what to expect.
- Up next
REST API for server-side tools
A documented API for the format-conversion tools (PDF to Word, TIFF to PDF, etc.) — for developers who want to integrate Filum's conversion quality into their own workflows.
- Up next
Batch conversion
Convert multiple files at once with a single action. Currently each file is processed individually; batch mode will queue and convert them in parallel.
Planned
- Planned
PDF to Markdown
Extract text from a PDF and format it as Markdown — for developers working with PDF content in documentation pipelines or LLM processing.
- Planned
PDF/A conversion
Convert a PDF to the PDF/A archival format — required by many legal, government, and archival systems.
- Planned
Password-aware unlock for all format tools
Currently, encrypted PDFs block format conversion (PDF to Word, etc.). A password entry step before conversion would pass the decrypted buffer to LibreOffice.