SaaS-PDF — Free Online Tools Platform

A free SaaS platform offering PDF, image, video, and text processing tools. Built with Python Flask (backend) and React + Vite (frontend), powered by Celery + Redis for async processing, and deployed on AWS.

🛠 Tools (MVP)

1. PDF to Word / Word to PDF — Convert between PDF and Word documents
2. PDF Compressor — Reduce PDF file size with quality options
3. Image Converter — Convert between JPG, PNG, WebP formats
4. Video to GIF — Create animated GIFs from video clips
5. Text Tools — Word counter, text cleaner, case converter (client-side)

🏗 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend API	Python 3.12 + Flask 3.x
Task Queue	Celery 5.x + Redis
File Processing	LibreOffice, Ghostscript, Pillow, ffmpeg
Frontend	React 18 + Vite 5 + TypeScript
Styling	Tailwind CSS (RTL support)
i18n	react-i18next (Arabic + English)
Storage	AWS S3 (temp files with auto-cleanup)
CDN	AWS CloudFront
Server	AWS EC2 + Nginx

🚀 Quick Start (Development)

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/aborayan2022/SaaS-PDF.git
cd SaaS-PDF

# 2. Copy environment file
cp .env.example .env

# 3. Start all services with Docker
docker-compose up --build

# 4. Access the app
# Frontend: http://localhost:5173
# Backend API: http://localhost:5000/api
# Celery Flower: http://localhost:5555

📁 Project Structure

SaaS-PDF/
├── backend/          # Flask API + Celery Workers
├── frontend/         # React + Vite + TypeScript
├── nginx/            # Reverse proxy configuration
├── scripts/          # Deployment & maintenance scripts
├── docs/             # Project documentation
├── docker-compose.yml
└── docker-compose.prod.yml

💰 Revenue Model

• Google AdSense — Ads on result/download pages
• Freemium (planned) — Pro features: no ads, higher limits, API access

📄 License

MIT