Azeem Mustafa

Hey! I'm Azeem, a university student studying AI Engineering. FileMint started as a personal frustration that turned into something bigger than I ever imagined.

It was late one night during finals week. I needed to merge two PDF files for a group project—nothing fancy, just combine them into one document. Every "free" tool I found either wanted me to create an account, limited me to 5 pages, or worst of all, wanted me to upload my files to their servers.

These PDFs had my teammates' personal information. I wasn't comfortable uploading them to some random website. So I thought: "Modern browsers are powerful. Why can't this just happen on my computer?"

That weekend, I built my first browser-based PDF merger. Then an image compressor. Then a JSON formatter. Before I knew it, I had 30+ tools—and FileMint was born.

I've always been frustrated by "free" tools that are actually free trials, or "private" tools that upload your data to who-knows-where. As a student, I couldn't afford expensive subscriptions. As someone who cares about privacy, I didn't want to trust random servers with my files.

FileMint is what I wish existed when I was looking for these tools. No accounts, local processing, no daily caps. Just open the page and use the tool. Your files stay on your computer, processed by your own browser. I don't even have the ability to see what you're converting—and that's by design.

I keep FileMint free because I remember what it's like to need a tool and not have the money for it. Every student, freelancer, or small business owner deserves access to quality tools without being nickeled and dimed.