Free for macOS

Every file tool.
None of the cloud.

75 tools for PDFs, images, video and more. All on your Mac.

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The lite app on macOS showing a sidebar of categories and a grid of PDF tools: Merge, Split, Rotate, Crop, Compress, Organize and N-up.

75 tools. One app.

Merge, compress, convert, sign, OCR, transcribe, remove backgrounds, trim video, and more. Drag, drop, done.

On your Mac

Every tool runs on-device. Files never upload.

Free

No subscriptions, no sign-ups, no trials.

Offline

Works with the Wi-Fi off. Native-fast.

On-device AI

OCR, transcribe and blur faces, privately.

Private by design.

Your files never leave your laptop.

No cloud servers. No telemetry. No account. lite does its work on-device and forgets about it. The only network request in the whole app is a web page you ask it to convert.

Everything in the box.

75 tools across PDFs, images, media and quick utilities.

Organize PDF 11

  • Merge
  • Split
  • Rotate
  • Crop
  • Compress
  • Organize
  • N-up
  • Add blank
  • Remove blank
  • Auto-crop
  • Resize

Edit & Sign 9

  • Watermark
  • Page numbers
  • Header & footer
  • Sign
  • Redact
  • Flatten
  • Grayscale
  • Metadata

Smart 7

  • OCR
  • Compare
  • Transcribe
  • Blur faces
  • Clean scan
  • Find duplicates
  • Auto-tag

Convert 6

  • PDF to images
  • Images to PDF
  • HTML to PDF
  • Extract text
  • Extract images

Images 4

  • Convert
  • Resize
  • Compress
  • Remove background

Image edit 12

  • Crop & rotate
  • Adjust
  • Border
  • Image to text
  • Upscale
  • Watermark
  • Icon set
  • Circle crop
  • Contact sheet
  • To GIF

Media 12

  • Trim
  • Compress
  • Convert
  • To GIF
  • Extract audio
  • Convert audio
  • Mute
  • Resize
  • Frames
  • Merge

Utilities 12

  • QR code
  • Barcode
  • Scan code
  • File hash
  • Encrypt
  • Base64
  • JSON
  • CSV ↔ JSON
  • Text tools
  • Batch rename

Security 2

  • Protect
  • Unlock

Install in seconds.

Free and unsigned, so the very first open needs one extra click.

1

Open the download

Double-click lite.dmg in your Downloads.

2

Drag to Applications

lite icon
Applications
3

Open it once

If macOS says it can't be verified, open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

Questions, answered.

Is lite free?

Yes. Completely free, with no subscriptions, sign-ups, or trials.

Does lite upload my files?

Never. Every tool runs on-device with Apple frameworks. Your files never leave your Mac. The only network request in the app is the optional HTML-to-PDF feature, which fetches a page you type.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Turn off Wi-Fi and every tool still works.

What tools are included?

75 tools across PDFs, images, video and utilities: merge, split, compress, convert, sign, redact, OCR, transcribe audio, remove backgrounds, trim video, QR codes, file encryption and more.

Is it a private iLovePDF alternative for Mac?

Yes. The same kind of PDF and image tools, but everything runs locally with no uploads, no account, and no tracking.

How do I open lite on macOS?

Open lite.dmg, drag lite to Applications, then launch it. Because it is free and unsigned, the first open may need System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

Get lite.

A native Mac app. Requires macOS 14 or later.

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