About UtilityBud

UtilityBud is a small, growing collection of everyday tools that each do one thing well — no accounts, no clutter, no fuss.

What this is

Most days you just need to count the words in a paragraph, tidy up some JSON, resize an image, work out a percentage, or pull a few pages out of a PDF. UtilityBud gathers those small jobs into one place, with a tool for each that opens instantly and gets straight to the point.

Every tool has its own page with a short explanation and a few common questions, so you can understand what it does and how to use it without hunting through a manual.

Who it's for

Writers and students checking word counts and grades, developers formatting data and generating hashes or IDs, and anyone who needs to quickly convert, resize or combine files. If a task is fiddly to do by hand but simple in principle, it's a good fit here.

How it works

The lightweight tools — counters, converters, calculators and formatters — run entirely in your browser, so results appear the moment you type and nothing you enter is sent anywhere. The heavier tools that work with files, like merging or splitting PDFs and resizing images, do their work on the server and hand the finished file straight back to you. In both cases, your content is used to produce a result and nothing more.

The principles

Fast: tools load quickly and respond instantly. Free: everything here is free to use. Private: nothing you type or upload is stored after you get your result. Precise: each tool is focused on doing its one job clearly and correctly.

Still growing

New tools are added over time, and the ones already here are refined as people use them. If there's something you'd find useful, or something that could work better, the contact page is the place to say so.