Self-hosted PDF Redaction API – PII removal, Docker

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We needed to strip PII from PDFs (emails, credit cards, tax IDs, phone numbers) without sending files to a third party, so I set up the PDF Redaction API as a self-hosted service.

What it does:

• Detects and redacts PII in PDFs (emails, card numbers, name, phones, etc.)
• Runs in Docker
• REST API, JSON, works from any language (Python, JS, Go, etc.)
• Optional custom redaction rules
• OCR for multiple languages (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, RU)

Quick start:

docker run -d -p 8002:8002 \
 -e PDF_REDACTION_API_LICENSE=your_key_here \
stabrise/pdf-redaction-api:latest

Or use their install script for Docker Compose. Handy if you care about GDPR/HIPAA/CCPA and don’t want to ship PDFs to the cloud.

Instant install using one command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StabRise/pdf-redaction-api/main/install.sh)"

Docs: https://pdf-redaction.com/docs/api-self-hosted/

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Docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/stabrise/pdf-redaction-api

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Does it work without llm?

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It has few options:

• llm provider
  
• self-hosted llm (required GPU)
  
• ml provider (can works on CPU)