{ "schema": "tesign-radar/item/1", "generated_at": "2026-09-17T01:56:13.055Z", "lang": "en", "slug": "pdfx", "url": "https://tesign.com/en/item/pdfx/", "alternates": { "ko": { "html": "https://tesign.com/item/pdfx/", "json": "https://tesign.com/item/pdfx/index.json", "markdown": "https://tesign.com/item/pdfx/index.md" }, "en": { "html": "https://tesign.com/en/item/pdfx/", "json": "https://tesign.com/en/item/pdfx/index.json", "markdown": "https://tesign.com/en/item/pdfx/index.md" } }, "name": "PDFx", "use_label": "Bundle many PDFs into one valid PDF", "one_liner": "Bundles many PDFs into one file that is still a valid PDF; its viewer splits them back", "text": { "why": "The whole format extension is one embedded file attachment, `pdfx-manifest.json` (SPEC.md, version 1.0 draft). Any PDF viewer therefore shows every page in sequence, and PDFx restores the document boundaries. The viewer is Electron with pdf.js and pdf-lib for macOS, Windows and Linux: drop PDFs, images or folders in, each document renders as a horizontal strip of pages, documents stack vertically, reorder them and Export PDF writes one file.", "take": "The point is that this is not a new file format but a PDF with one JSON sheet inside, so the receiving side installs nothing.", "build": [ "Because the spec is one JSON manifest, adding PDFx read/write to your own tool is small work — for example a back-office export that ships invoices and contracts as one file." ], "who": [ { "role": "Office workers who send document sets", "situation": "a review packet as one file" }, { "role": "Developers", "situation": "add bundled-PDF support to an app from the manifest spec" }, { "role": "PDF tool users", "situation": "reorder documents on the canvas and Export" } ], "start": [ { "command": false, "text": "yarn # install" }, { "command": false, "text": "yarn dev # run in development" }, { "command": false, "text": "yarn dev:web # run on the web" }, { "command": false, "text": "yarn build:mac # build:win for windows, build:linux for linux" }, { "command": false, "text": "Live demo: https://pdfx.zip" } ], "caveat": [ "MIT. The viewer targets macOS, Windows and Linux (Electron), but the README's only download badge carries an Apple mark; for Windows and Linux it gives only the build:win / build:linux commands (prebuilt downloads [확인 필요]). The optional AI assistant needs your own provider API key (Google, Anthropic or OpenAI), so usage costs are yours. The spec is a 1.0 draft. Last push 2026-08-16." ] }, "cta": { "type": "try", "label": "TRY", "url": "https://pdfx.zip/" }, "ready": "browser", "categories": [ "productivity" ], "categories_confirmed": true, "tags": [ "pdf", "electron", "file-format", "document-bundle", "pdfjs" ], "platform": [ "macos", "windows", "linux", "web" ], "license": { "spdx": "MIT", "scope": "permissive", "scope_text": "Use, change and redistribute, commercially too. Keep the notice.", "url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html", "note": null, "open_source": true }, "language": "TypeScript", "source_urls": { "canonical": "https://pdfx.zip/", "github": "https://github.com/alexandrosgounis/pdfx", "huggingface": null, "app_store": null, "sightings": [ { "source": "github", "url": "https://github.com/alexandrosgounis/pdfx", "posted_at": "2026-06-26T23:00:00.000Z", "hn_url": null }, { "source": "showhn", "url": "https://github.com/alexandrosgounis/pdfx/", "posted_at": "2026-06-29T16:17:38.000Z", "hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48721197" } ] }, "numbers": { "as_of": "2026-09-16T21:00:00.000Z", "stars": 1062, "stars_unit": "GitHub stars", "stars_checked_at": "2026-09-15T19:34:38.109Z", "stars_observed_since_check": 0, "star_delta_24h": null, "star_delta_7d": null, "star_delta_30d": null, "star_delta_unit": "GitHub stars gained in the window, GH Archive events summed to as_of", "spark_14d": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null ], "hf_likes": null, "hf_likes_observed_at": null, "hn_points": 1, "hn_points_observed_at": "2026-09-13T15:40:11.518Z", "store": null, "method": "Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours." }, "ranks": null, "activity": { "pushed_at": "2026-08-16T23:41:02.000Z", "owner_type": "User", "open_issues": 3, "contributors": 5, "releases_count": 2, "latest_release": { "tag": "v0.2.0", "published_at": "2026-08-10T17:42:19.000Z", "prerelease": false }, "checked_at": "2026-09-15T19:34:38.109Z", "core_checked_at": "2026-09-15T19:34:38.109Z" }, "signals": [ { "kind": "cross", "label": "CROSS-SIGNAL", "value": "GitHub + Show HN" }, { "kind": "back", "label": "BACK CATALOG", "value": null } ], "images": { "og": "https://tesign.com/img/pdfx-c0957268ce.webp", "cover": "https://tesign.com/img/pdfx-c0957268ce.webp", "cover_width": 1600, "cover_height": 1084, "gallery": [ "https://tesign.com/img/pdfx-c0957268ce.webp" ], "alt": "The PDFx viewer — a canvas where each document is a horizontal strip of page thumbnails and documents stack vertically", "tier": 2 }, "dates": { "first_seen_at": "2026-09-13T08:30:33.839Z", "source_created_at": "2026-06-29T16:17:38.000Z", "discovery_hours": 1816.2155108333334, "launch_signal_at": "2026-06-26T23:00:00.000Z", "kept_at": "2026-09-14T19:27:43.489Z", "first_published_at": "2026-09-14T19:27:43.735Z", "updated_at": "2026-09-15T04:36:56.963Z", "ingestion_mode": "backfill" }, "notes": [ "This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.", "null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.", "Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.", "Reconstructed from archive data, not a live discovery.", "A summary, not legal advice." ] }