# BentoPDF

6 Hacker News commenters recommended BentoPDF and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source PDF toolkit that runs in the browser without uploads, so files stay private. Some tools are slow on large downloads, and bugs come up.

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "BentoPDF", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bentopdf/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).