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Notes from FernPDF

Engineering deep-dives, privacy explainers, and practical PDF guides.

ENGINEERINGJun 2, 2026 · 9 min

How we merge 500-page PDFs in the browser

A tour of our client-side pipeline: streaming parsing, memory budgets, and why there’s no server in the loop.

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PRIVACY6 min

Your network tab is our proof

Open devtools while using FernPDF: zero file uploads. Here’s how to verify any “private” tool yourself.

May 26, 2026
GUIDE4 min

OCR settings that actually matter

Text layers, image-only scans, and when 300 dpi is worth it.

May 19, 2026
PRODUCT3 min

Text markup comes to the editor

Highlight, underline, strike, and squiggle real text — plus notes, callouts, and an eraser — all in your browser.

Jun 12, 2026
GUIDE5 min

The fastest way to sign a PDF

Draw, type, or reuse, plus what actually makes a signature legally binding.

May 5, 2026
PRIVACY4 min

There is no retention window

No uploads, no buckets, no deletion jobs: what FernPDF’s no-server model means in practice.

Apr 28, 2026
ENGINEERING8 min

Rendering PDFs at 60fps

Tiling, workers, and the canvas tricks behind smooth scrolling.

Apr 21, 2026
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