What Plainjar wants to be

The problem

Online tools for the small stuff, merging a PDF, shrinking a photo, checking a list of IBANs, are everywhere. Almost always at a cost: your file ends up on someone else's server, your antivirus trips on the trackers, three pop-ups appear, a phishing-style button tries to lure you to a 'pro version', you have to sign up for one tiny task, and weeks later your inbox fills with spam or cold calls. You pay with your attention and your privacy, even when nobody states it out loud.

What Plainjar does

Plainjar is built to skip that whole cycle. Everything runs in your own browser, your file never leaves your device. No account, no behavioral tracking, no ads that follow you around, no unwanted newsletters.

Open the network tab in your browser while using a tool and you'll see nothing is uploaded. Verifiable, not vague.

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The project

Plainjar is a small, independent Dutch software company, one owner, no outside investors. No funnel to pull you into, no aggressive growth, no dark patterns. The tools available today stay free to use in your browser; revenue comes from flat-rate sponsorships and white-label deals with companies that share the same no-clutter stance.

Made in the Netherlands.