PdfDing
codeberg.org
Selfhosted PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices.

Hi,

I finally got around to migrate PdfDing from github to Codeberg. Hopefully, I will see some of you over there.

PdfDing is a PDF manager, viewer and editor that you can host yourself. It offers a seamless user experience on multiple devices. It’s designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.

  • MolochAlter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 hours ago

    Is it possible to point to a container folder to import from instead of uploading from the interface? I already have all my files in a folder structure on the server i’m running pdfding from.

    It seems quite good, would be very nice not to need to upload every file a second time.

    • mrmn2@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      It is possible to ingest PDFs via a consume folder. However consuming the files will cause them to be deleted. So I don’t think this will be very helpful in your case. There is however a bulk upload feature in the UI, which allows uploading may PDFs at once.

  • warmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    Good move ! Congrats on the app, I don’t have a use for it, but people love it. Thank you for making it!

    • mrmn2@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      At the beginning the project was heavily inspired by Linkding. If you were to pull an early version of PdfDing you would find that the UI is very similar to Linkding. That was also the reason why I named the project PdfDing. By now the UI is totally different and only the name remains.

  • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Can it change the layout / reflow the text of scientific papers to be single column text? I’m still searching something that makes reading papers on tablets possible.

    • vividspecter@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Have you tried koreader? It’s not perfect, but if the screen is large enough it normally works pretty well. I use it on a Kobo reader, but it works on Android as well (not sure about iOS).

      • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        15 hours ago

        Thanks! I think I tried it on my smartphone but like you mentioned, it needs at least some screen real estate. Then I forgot about it.