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31 tools for images, PDFs, data and SEO — each one built after testing where the popular alternatives break. No sign-up, no upload queue, no ten-step wizard. Pick a tool, get the file, close the tab.

  • 31 tools live today
  • 28 run without uploading
  • 0 accounts required
  • 0 watermarks, ever

The library

Tools live today

Two families, one standard. Everything below was shipped only after we could name a specific thing the existing options get wrong.

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Files & images

Convert, compress and combine — in your browser, so the file never leaves the machine.

Image Color Picker

Pick any color from an image and get HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV and CMYK — with a magnifier, one-click copy and an auto palette. Everything stays in your browser, nothing uploaded.

on-device Open

Rotate & Flip Image

Rotate images 90° or 180°, straighten a crooked shot, or flip them — right in your browser. Batch, private, no upload, no watermark. Fixes sideways phone photos for good.

on-device Open

Crop Image

Crop images to any shape or ratio — square, 16:9, circle, or an exact pixel size — at full resolution, right in your browser. Batch, private, no upload, no watermark.

on-device Open
resize

Resize Image

Resize or crop images by pixels, percentage, or a preset size — right in your browser. Batch, private, no upload, no watermark. Download individually or as a ZIP.

on-device Open
avif → png

AVIF to PNG

Convert AVIF images to PNG right in your browser — lossless, no upload, no limit. Keeps transparency, batch-convert, and download as a ZIP.

on-device Open
avif → jpg

AVIF to JPG

Convert AVIF images to JPG right in your browser — no upload, no limit. Batch-convert, pick the background colour for any transparent areas, and download as a ZIP.

on-device Open

SEO, data & code

Generators and validators for the files search engines and parsers actually read.

epoch -> date

Unix Timestamp Converter

Convert epoch timestamps to dates and back, with seconds, milliseconds, micro and nanoseconds detected for you.

on-device Open
jwt -> claims

JWT Decoder

Read a JSON Web Token's header and payload with every claim explained and the expiry counted down live.

on-device Open
escaped -> json

JSON Stringify and Unstringify

Escape JSON into a string, or peel every layer of escaping off a log payload. Handles double and triple escaping.

on-device Open
json -> json.min

JSON minifier

Minify JSON, beautify it back, and see the real compressed size. Flags duplicate keys your parser silently drops.

on-device Open

URL Encoder Decoder

Encode or decode URLs and query values — Component, Full URL or Form mode, single or batch. Decodes recursively, breaks a URL into its parameters, and runs entirely in your browser.

on-device Open

Extract URLs from Text

Paste messy text, an email, a log or HTML and pull out every link. Get URLs, domains or emails, dedupe and sort, copy or download. Everything runs in your browser.

on-device Open
What makes us different

We test the tools you already use — then fix what they get wrong.

Before building anything we run the same file through the popular alternatives and write down where the output breaks. Those notes become the spec. Every claim here is something you can check yourself in under a minute.

01

Most free converters do one file at a time.

Every converter here takes a whole queue — drag in forty files, watch a single progress bar, download the lot as one ZIP. No tab juggling, no "upgrade to batch".

test: drop 20 photos into any converter and check the download count
02

They flatten transparency to white without telling you.

When a format cannot carry an alpha channel, we say so and let you pick the background colour before conversion instead of silently picking one for you.

test: convert a transparent PNG to JPG and look for the background control
03

Quality is a hidden number you never get to set.

The quality slider is on the page, defaulted sensibly, with lossless available where the format supports it. You see the output size before you download.

test: move the quality slider and watch the estimated size change
04

Image-to-PDF gives you one image per page and no options.

Page size, orientation, images per page, and one-PDF-or-separate-PDFs are all yours to set before you export.

test: open Image to PDF and count the controls above the export button
05

Your file gets uploaded to a server you know nothing about.

Almost everything here runs in your browser — the file is never transmitted. Where a tool genuinely needs a server, the card says so and states the deletion window.

test: open DevTools → Network, run a conversion, and look for an upload request
06

The output arrives with a watermark, a cap, or a sign-up wall.

No watermark on any output, no daily conversion cap, no account. The site is funded by ads on the page, not by degrading the file you came for.

test: convert anything and inspect the file you get back
Side by side

ToolsVale vs. the free converter you used last time.

Not every free tool does all of this badly — but the pattern below is what we kept running into, and it is the reason this site exists. Check any row yourself.

How ToolsVale compares with typical free online converters
What matters Most free converters ToolsVale
Where your file is processed Uploaded to their server In your browser, on your machine
Account required After a few conversions Never
Watermark on output On the free tier, often None, on anything
Batch conversion Paid upgrade Included, with ZIP download
File size limit Capped, then upsold Whatever your device can hold
Quality and output control Fixed, hidden defaults Exposed on the page, before export
Transparency handling Silently flattened to white Flagged, with a colour you choose
Works offline once loaded No — needs the round trip Yes, for in-browser tools

A small number of tools genuinely need a server to run. Those are labelled on their own card with the exact deletion window — never buried in a policy page.

Our method

How a tool earns a place here.

We are not trying to have the most tools. We are trying to have the one you do not have to try twice.

How it works
01

Find the complaint, not the keyword

We start in the places people go when a tool has already failed them — support threads, review replies, bug trackers. The pattern that repeats is the brief. A keyword with volume but no complaint behind it does not get built.

02

Run the file through the alternatives

Before writing a line of code we push the same awkward file — the transparent PNG, the 40MB HEIC burst, the sitemap with 12,000 URLs — through the tools already ranking. Where the output breaks gets written down. Those notes become the spec.

03

Build it to run on your device

The default is in-browser processing: faster, private, and it works on a bad connection. A server only gets involved where the format genuinely cannot be handled client-side, and that tool is labelled accordingly.

04

Publish the test, not the adjective

Every claim we make comes with a way to check it in under a minute. If we cannot describe the test, the claim does not go on the page.

05

Re-check on a schedule

Browsers change, formats change, and competitors fix things. Each tool carries a last-reviewed date so you know how fresh the comparison behind it is.

How we handle files

28 of our 31 tools never see your file.

Not a promise about retention policy — a fact about architecture. If the conversion happens in your browser, there is nothing for us to keep, sell, or lose.

The file does not leave your device

In-browser tools decode, convert and re-encode locally. There is no upload request to inspect, because there is no upload.

Which means it is also faster

No round trip, no queue behind other people. A batch of forty images finishes at the speed of your machine, not our bandwidth.

And where it cannot be, we say so

A handful of formats need server-side processing. Those tools carry a visible label and a stated deletion window on the tool page itself.

Read how we handle files

Contribute

Missing something, or found something broken?

Request a tool

The format you have, the format you need, and what usually goes wrong. Read every Monday; most-asked gets built first.

    heic → jpg, keep dates split pdf by bookmark webp → png, batch

    Report a bug

    Name the tool and the file type, then what you expected. It goes straight to whoever wrote that tool.

      or open the full form at /report

      FAQ

      The questions people actually type in.

      Are these online tools really free?

      Yes — every tool on ToolsVale is free, with no account, no trial, and no paid tier holding back features. There is no daily conversion limit and no watermark on anything you download. The site is funded by ads shown on the page, not by degrading the file you came for or charging for batch mode.

      Do you upload my files to a server?

      For 28 of our 31 tools, no. They run entirely in your browser, so the file never leaves your device — you can confirm this by opening DevTools, switching to the Network tab, and running a conversion. A few formats genuinely need server-side processing; those tools carry a visible label and state their deletion window on the tool page.

      Is it safe to convert files online?

      It depends entirely on where the processing happens. If a tool uploads your file, you are trusting that company's retention policy, staff access, and security. If it converts in your browser, there is nothing to trust — the file was never transmitted. Check whether the tool says where it processes; most do not, which tells you something.

      Is there a file size limit?

      For in-browser tools, the limit is your device's available memory, not a number we set. A modern laptop handles files of several hundred megabytes comfortably. Because nothing is uploaded, there is no bandwidth cap to enforce and no queue behind other users, so a large batch finishes at the speed of your own machine.

      Can I convert multiple files at once?

      Yes. Every converter accepts a whole queue — drag in as many files as you like, watch a single progress bar, and download the results together as one ZIP. Batch conversion is included by default rather than reserved for a paid plan, which is where most free tools put it.

      What happens to transparency when I convert a PNG to JPG?

      JPG cannot store transparency, so every transparent area has to be filled with a solid colour. Most converters silently choose white, which is why logos come back with a white box behind them. Our tools flag this before conversion and let you pick the background colour, so the result matches whatever you are placing it on.

      Why is my converted file larger than the original?

      Usually because you moved from a lossy format to a lossless one. Converting JPG to PNG, for example, stores every pixel exactly and typically increases size, even though nothing looks better — the quality lost in the original JPG cannot be recovered. If your goal is a smaller file, convert to WebP or use the compression tool instead.

      Do I need to install anything?

      No. Everything runs in a normal browser tab on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS — no app, no extension, no desktop software. Because in-browser tools load their code once, most keep working even if your connection drops mid-session.

      Will there be a watermark on my file?

      No, on any tool, at any file size, for any number of conversions. Watermarking free output is a way of selling the paid tier, and we do not have one. The file you download is the file the converter produced.

      How do you decide which tools to build?

      We start from complaints rather than keyword volume — support threads, review replies, bug reports. Then we push the same awkward file through the tools already ranking and write down exactly where the output breaks. Those notes become the specification. If we cannot name a specific thing existing options get wrong, we do not build it.