Host a PDF and share it as a link
Drop in a PDF and get a web address that opens the document in the browser — no download, no attachment, no Drive permissions to grant.
Drop your PDF here
Any other file works too — up to 25.0 MB, or 100.0 MB for a whole site
Free to use. Your PDF file is live at your-name.99helpers.site in about ten seconds.
What is a .pdf file?
PDF (Portable Document Format) was created by Adobe in 1992 and became an open standard in 2008. It fixes the exact position of every character, image and line, so a PDF looks identical on every screen and printer — which is why it became the format for anything that has to arrive looking the way it left.
What people use PDF files for
- Invoices, quotes and contracts sent to clients
- Reports, whitepapers and case studies
- Menus, price lists and product sheets
- Manuals, guides and course handouts
- Scanned documents and signed paperwork
What opens a PDF file
- Any web browser — Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge all have a built-in PDF viewer
- Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader
- Preview on macOS, Microsoft Edge on Windows
- Word, Pages and Google Docs, which all export to PDF
How to host a PDF file
- 1
Drop your PDF file in
Drag it onto the box at the top of this page, or click to choose it. Files up to 25 MB are supported, and nothing is uploaded until you publish.
- 2
Pick an address
Type a name and we'll tell you straight away whether it's free. That becomes the link: annual-report.99helpers.site
- 3
Publish and share
Create a free account — that step exists so the file is yours to update, replace or delete — and the link is live within seconds.
What happens when someone opens the link
The PDF opens in the browser's own viewer — the reader sees page one immediately, and can scroll, search, zoom and print without downloading anything or installing a reader.
Why host a PDF file instead of emailing it?
Email attachments bounce over size limits, get stripped by spam filters, and freeze the moment you send them: fix a typo and everyone is holding the wrong version. A hosted PDF is a link that always points at the current file, opens on a phone without an app, and can be put in an email signature, a QR code, or a chat message.
Worth knowing before you publish
- Name the address after the document, not the file: annual-report reads better in an email than final-v3-USE-THIS.
- A PDF over about 10 MB is slow on mobile data — exporting at screen resolution rather than print resolution usually cuts it dramatically.
- Anyone with the link can open it, so a PDF containing personal or financial detail shouldn't be hosted publicly.
- Publishing a corrected version to the same address updates it everywhere the link has been sent.
PDF hosting questions
- How do I share a PDF without email?
- Upload it here, pick an address, and send the link instead of the file. It opens in any browser, has no size limit to trip over, and doesn't need the recipient to have an account with anything.
- Will the PDF open in the browser or download?
- It opens in the browser. We serve PDFs with the content type and disposition that tell the browser to display it, so the reader lands on page one rather than in their downloads folder.
- Can I update a PDF after sharing the link?
- Yes. Publish the corrected file to the same address and the link keeps working, now showing the new version. The previous versions are kept, so you can roll back if you replace the wrong one.
- How big a PDF can I host?
- Up to 25 MB for a single file. That covers almost any text document; very large scanned files may need compressing first.
- Is the PDF private?
- No — anyone with the link can open it, and links are easy to forward. Treat a hosted PDF as public, and don't use it for anything confidential.
- Do I need an account?
- You can drop the file and pick an address first. An account is only needed at the moment you publish, and it's free.
Put your PDF file online now
It takes about ten seconds, and you only make an account once the file is ready to go live.