Docxio

Every document tool. Free forever. Open source.

Features

• 📄 PDF Tools: Merge, split, compress, convert, sign, and protect.
• 📝 Word Tools: Word to PDF/HTML/Text, merge docs, and remove passwords.
• 📊 Excel Tools: Excel to PDF/CSV/JSON and merge sheets.
• 📽️ PowerPoint Tools: PPT to PDF, images, or video (slideshow).
• 🖼️ Image Tools: Resize, compress, convert, and AI background removal.
• ✏️ Canvas PDF Editor: A flagship visual editor to drag-and-drop elements on any PDF.
• 🔄 Universal Converter: Smart "from → to" format matrix for all your document needs.
• 100% Private: Open-source and self-hostable. Your files never leave your infrastructure.
• Asynchronous Processing: Built on Celery and Redis to handle massive files without blocking.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 14, React, TailwindCSS, Framer Motion, Zustand
• Backend: FastAPI, Python 3.11, PyMuPDF, Celery
• Infrastructure: Docker, Docker Compose, Redis, Nginx

Deployment

PDFForge can be deployed in two primary ways:

1. Offline / Local (Self-Hosted via Docker)

This is the recommended way for maximum privacy.

# Clone and enter repo
git clone https://github.com/Navaneeth223/docxio.git && cd docxio

# Start everything
docker-compose up -d --build

Access at http://localhost.

2. Online / Cloud (Vercel + Render)

For hosting on the web with a live URL:

Backend (Render)

1. Fork this repository.
2. Connect your GitHub to Render.
3. Click New + > Blueprint.
4. Select the render.yaml file from your repo.
5. Set ALLOWED_ORIGINS to your future Vercel URL.
6. Render will automatically deploy the API, Celery Worker, and Redis.

Frontend (Vercel)

1. Connect your GitHub to Vercel.
2. Select the frontend directory.
3. Set Environment Variable: NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL to your Render API URL.
4. Deploy.

manual Development Setup

If you wish to run the services manually without Docker:

Backend

1. Install Python 3.11+.
2. Install system dependencies: tesseract-ocr, libreoffice, weasyprint.
3. Setup virtual environment:

   cd backend
   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # or venv\Scripts\activate on Windows
   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Start Redis server locally.
5. Start the FastAPI server:

   uvicorn main:app --reload --port 8000

6. Start the Celery Worker (in a new terminal):

   celery -A services.job_queue worker --loglevel=info

Frontend

1. Install Node.js 18+.
2. Install dependencies:

   cd frontend
   npm install

3. Start the Next.js development server:

   npm run dev

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Whether it's adding a new tool, improving the UI, or fixing bugs, please open an issue or submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.