Ansary PageForge
Case study · Desktop application

Ansary PageForge

An offline PDF suite for Windows. Read, organize, edit, convert, compress and OCR your PDFs with no internet and no subscription.

ElectronPDF.js + pdf-libOffline OCREnglish + বাংলাWindows installer
RoleDesign & development
Built byShoaib Ansary
StatusLive · Windows
PageForge home screen with all tools
Watch it work

Open it. Click a tool. Done.

A quick tour of the real app: open the launcher, jump between tools from the sidebar and see each screen do its job.

PageForge
HomeReadOrganizeEditPDF to ExcelPhoto to PDFCompress
Home launcher
Home launcher
Reader
Reader
Organize
Organize
Editor
Editor
PDF to Excel
PDF to Excel
100%offline, files never leave the PC
2months free trial, then one payment
3exports: Word, Excel and images
2OCR languages: English and বাংলা
01 · Reader

Opens centred, zooms where you point

The whole page shows centred on open. Hold Ctrl and scroll to zoom at the cursor, just like Acrobat.

  • Smooth, accurate zoom at any size
  • Drag to pan, hide sidebars for room
  • Tabs, new windows and print preview
PageForge reader view
02 · Organize

Rearrange pages in seconds

See every page as a thumbnail and fix a document without leaving the app.

  • Merge, split and extract pages
  • Reorder, rotate and delete
  • Insert pages from another PDF
PageForge page organizer
03 · Edit

Click a line and type, like Acrobat

The caret lands where you click. Only the old text is removed, so tables and watermarks stay intact.

  • Works inside boxes and table cells
  • Fonts, sizes, colours and an eraser
  • Warns before closing with unsaved edits
PageForge editor
04 · Word

Any PDF becomes editable Word

A real .docx you can open in Microsoft Word and keep typing in, even from a scanned PDF.

  • Fonts, sizes and paragraphs kept
  • Tables rebuilt from the page lines
  • Watermarks dropped, pictures optional

Real layout

Looks like the PDF, edits like Word.

Tables kept

Borders and merged cells included.

Scans too

Offline OCR makes the text editable.

One click

Pick pages, press Convert, done.

05 · Excel

Tables land in real cells

Columns are detected automatically and numbers become real numbers, ready for formulas.

  • One sheet per page, or all in one
  • Smart or plain layout
  • Scanned tables read with OCR
PageForge PDF to Excel screen
06 · Images

Photos to PDF and back again

Combine photos into one PDF, or export every page as a picture.

  • JPG or PNG up to 300 dpi
  • Scan cleanup before saving
  • ZIP all pages in one click
PageForge photo to PDF screen
07 · Compress

Small enough to send

Shrink heavy PDFs for email and uploads without sending them anywhere.

  • Pick the quality level you need
  • Batch several files at once
  • Everything runs on your PC
PageForge compress screen
08 · Detail

Reads বাংলা too

Scanned pages turn into real text in English and Bengali, fully offline.

  • No internet or cloud OCR
  • Language packs built in
  • Used by Word, Excel and scan editing

Offline OCR

Recognition runs on your own computer.

English + বাংলা

Tick one or both languages.

Edit scans

Click scanned text and change it.

Any PDF

Native or scanned, it just works.

09 · Everywhere

Feels like real desktop software

Default PDF reader

Double-click any PDF in Windows to open it here.

Tabs & windows

Keep many PDFs open in tabs or their own windows.

Compact toolbars

More page, less clutter, with sidebars you can hide.

Normal installer

Install once like any Windows app, with a desktop icon.

Print preview

Check pages before they reach the printer.

Light & dark friendly

An orange icon that stays visible on any taskbar.

Under the hood

What it is built with

Desktop app

Electron shell with a normal Windows installer and shortcut.

PDF core

PDF.js and pdf-lib read, edit and write pages locally.

OCR

Tesseract runs offline with English and Bengali data.

Licensing

Signed per-computer codes, plus a 2-month free trial.

Fonts

Installed fonts plus bundled look-alikes for Myriad-style text.

Safety nets

Warns before you close with unsaved edits.

Shoaib Ansary
Get PageForge

Message me to buy a licence

2 months free to try, then one payment for life.

WhatsApp 01764573337shoaibansary.com