About Utilao

Utilao is a collection of free online tools for everyday tasks — merging PDFs, compressing images, generating QR codes, converting units, and more. No account required. No watermarks. Files deleted automatically after one hour.

Why We Built This

Most online tool sites fall into one of two traps: they're either too simple to be useful, or they make you jump through hoops — create an account, verify your email, choose a plan, decline the upsell — before you can do anything. We built Utilao because we think the right experience is: open the tool, upload your file, get the result. That's it.

The tools that exist today — iLovePDF, Smallpdf, Squoosh — are good. But most of them aggressively monetize through ads, popup CTAs, and artificial limits on the free tier. We wanted to build something that felt genuinely free, genuinely fast, and genuinely private.

What We Offer

• PDF tools: Merge, compress, split, and password-protect PDF files
• Image tools: Compress, resize, and convert images between formats
• QR codes: Generate QR codes for URLs, text, WiFi, and more
• Unit converters: Length, weight, and temperature — instant, client-side
• Text tools: Word counter and JSON formatter

Privacy First

Every file you upload is deleted automatically after 60 minutes. We don't analyze files, don't share them with third parties, and don't use them to train AI models. The unit converters and text tools run entirely in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers at all.

We don't use Google Analytics or Facebook Pixel. We use a simple self-hosted analytics system that counts page views anonymously — no cookies, no cross-site tracking, no personal data stored.

The Stack

Utilao is built with FastAPI (Python), Jinja2 templates, and SQLite. PDF processing uses pypdf and pikepdf. Image processing uses Pillow. The site is self-hosted — no AWS, no Vercel, no platform dependencies. Fast, simple, maintainable.

Contact

Questions, bug reports, or tool requests: [email protected]