Privacy
Inkwell is a self-hosted PDF-to-DOCX converter. This page describes exactly what happens to the files you upload.
What happens to your file
When you upload a PDF using the local conversion option (the default and only option in v1):
- Your file is written to a temporary directory on this server for the duration of the conversion.
- The conversion runs entirely on this server using open-source tools (pdf2docx, Tesseract, Poppler, LibreOffice). Nothing is sent to any third party.
- The temporary directory — including your original PDF and the generated DOCX — is deleted as soon as the response is sent. No copy is kept.
What we log
The server records the following for each conversion request:
- Request timestamp and a random request ID.
- The first 8 characters of your filename plus its extension.
- File size, page count, classification (text or scanned), conversion duration.
- Your IP address, used only for rate-limit counters. Counters live in memory and expire after 24 hours.
The contents of your file, the full original filename, and any extracted text are never logged.
Rate limiting
To prevent abuse, the server limits conversions to a small number per IP address per hour and per day. Counters live in memory and reset when the server restarts.
Hosting and TLS
The server is operated by the owner of this domain on a Hostinger VPS. HTTPS is provided by Let's Encrypt via Coolify's reverse proxy. No third-party CDN, analytics, or tracking is used.
AI-augmented conversion (planned for v2)
A future version of this app will offer an opt-in AI conversion path that sends your file to a hosted model (initially Gemma 4 31B and Gemini Flash via Google AI Studio, and Gemma 4 31B via OpenRouter). Free-tier submissions to these providers may be used by them to improve their models. When v2 ships, this page will be updated with the exact provider terms and the upload page will show a clear, unhideable notice before any AI submission. The local conversion option will remain the default and will continue to operate under the guarantees above.
Contact
For privacy questions, contact the operator of this domain.