Observed arrival · 2026-09-18
Tangent, a Privacy-Minded Toolkit for Files, Data, and Media
A broad suite of browser utilities for editing documents, cleaning media, analyzing data, and generating security assets locally.
- For
- Developers and professionals handling sensitive files or data
- Worth noticing
- The listed tools include local OCR, SQL over CSV and Parquet, EXIF scrubbing, and a no-watermark screen recorder.
Field notes
The toolkit is organized into Documents & PDF, Media & Video, Security & System, Data & Analytics, and Utilities. Its more specialized entries include SQL over CSV or Parquet, Pearson correlation heatmaps, server-log parsing, local HTML extraction to CSV, and a receipt scanner. The homepage also distinguishes several browser-memory features, including OCR, background removal, and audio transcription, while stating that no source files leave the device.
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