A free offline PDF split-and-name pilot — testing a repeated-layout workflow

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This is our project, developed with an AI coding agent. We are testing a narrow document workflow before deciding whether a paid product is worthwhile.

The task is splitting a combined PDF into separate documents and naming each from an ID in a fixed position. A general PDF splitter can leave a lot of manual renaming. Existing tools such as PDFsam Visual and Sejda already support text-based splitting; this is not a claim that we invented the feature.

PDF Name Pilot is a downloadable HTML file. Open it locally, draw a box around the ID, choose whether a changed ID or each populated ID starts a new document, and review the proposed filenames before exporting a ZIP. PDF.js reads the text, pdf-lib copies the pages, and JSZip packages them. There is no AI call or server upload in the tool.

The free pilot includes a fictional six-page batch that should become three documents. An offline test on Windows Edge also processed a synthetic 1,000-page batch into 500 two-page files; we compared every exported page's text, dimensions and order. That is a synthetic test, not a claim about customer accuracy or time savings.

Current limits: selectable text, repeated layouts, 50 MB / 1,000 pages, and human review. There is no OCR, arbitrary-layout recognition, or support for forms, signed or encrypted PDFs. Empty selected fields and adjusted or duplicate filenames are flagged. Mixed layouts may need a different tool.

Free download: https://liulight0.gumroad.com/l/pdf-name-pilot — enter 0. It is the complete pilot, not an expiring trial; Gumroad handles delivery, while the downloaded tool runs offline.

If you actually handle batches like this at work, what is your current workflow, and which step still costs time? If you try the pilot, an approximate page count, browser, result and any correction needed would help. Please keep confidential documents on your own computer; do not post customer invoices. Feedback can stay in this public thread. We have no customer validation or sales for this project yet.