A private document workspace.

FormatLayer is a browser-based workspace for editing, organizing and protecting PDFs. Every tool runs locally on your device — there is no upload step, no account, and no server-side copy of your files.

We built FormatLayer for people who handle sensitive documents — contracts, invoices, IDs, medical and legal records — and don't want them touching a third-party server just to be merged, cropped, or password-protected.

The platform is free to use. We don't sell data, run ads on documents, or train AI on your files. There's nothing to sell because nothing leaves your machine.