FileGizmo

Changelog

What changed, why it matters, and the details we refused to leave rough.

Bring your own key, without a proxy

Starter and Lifetime accounts can send reviewed document text directly from the browser to OpenAI for four focused jobs.

  • Added summary, table extraction, redaction suggestions, and document description.
  • Kept provider mode off until the visitor agrees to send text off the device.
  • Sent the key and reviewed text directly to OpenAI, never through FileGizmo.
  • Added local PDF and text extraction, friendly provider errors, and token-use reporting.

Local language models were measured first and did not clear the product’s quality and delivery bar. The smaller models failed structured extraction and redaction checks; the first plausible tier was more than one gigabyte compressed and still made factual mistakes. FileGizmo did not ship a weaker result to fill a roadmap box.

Bring your own key is the useful lane that remains. The original file opens in the browser. The visitor sees and can edit the extracted text, explicitly enables provider mode, then sends that text and their own key directly to OpenAI. FileGizmo does not proxy the request, receive the key, meter usage, or add a credit charge. OpenAI’s current API terms and charges apply to the visitor’s project.

FileGizmo is ready for launch

The first public release brings private, local-first tools for PDF, image, CSV, text, and developer work.

  • Shipped 63 focused tools across five practical collections.
  • Standardized worker outputs so downloads, filenames, and file types stay predictable.
  • Fixed CSV smart types while preserving identifiers such as 007.
  • Added keyboard flows, result focus, responsive layouts, and light and dark themes.

FileGizmo began with a simple constraint: ordinary file work should not require handing a file to a stranger’s server. This release turns that constraint into a complete local-first toolkit. The interface stays quiet, files stay on the device, and every shipped workflow is covered by build, conversion, responsive, and accessibility checks.