Observed arrival · 2026-11-04
Steady State Studio’s Offline Desktop Tools
A collection of four free Windows and Linux apps for batch-renaming files, making photos square, preparing PDFs, and creating contact sheets.
- For
- People needing simple local file and image utilities
- Worth noticing
- PDF Prep checks an arranged PDF against a chosen size limit; Windows packages are unsigned, and no macOS package is offered.
Field notes
The File Renamer lets users build rules and preview each change before committing; PDF Prep combines PDFs and photos, reorders pages, then checks the output against a chosen size limit. Square Photo Padder adds a square background without cropping and exports JPEG copies, while Contact Sheet Maker exports printable PDF or JPEG sheets with filename captions. The site lists stable version numbers and says Windows packages are unsigned; it provides no macOS package.
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