# Pelican Tools

> A growing collection of free online tools for creators and developers. Fast, free, and no sign-up required.

Pelican Tools is a collection of free browser-based utilities for working with YouTube content. 
All tools are free, require no account, and do not store your video, transcript, article, or comment data.

## Tools

- [YouTube to Transcript](https://pelicantools.app/tools/youtube-to-transcript): Paste a YouTube URL and get the full timestamped transcription in seconds.
- [YouTube Thumbnail Grabber](https://pelicantools.app/tools/youtube-thumbnail-grabber): Download YouTube thumbnails at any resolution — instantly and for free.
- [YouTube Comments to CSV](https://pelicantools.app/tools/youtube-comments): View and browse comments from any YouTube video — sorted by recent or popular.
- [YouTube to Cornell Notes](https://pelicantools.app/tools/youtube-to-cornell-notes): Turn any YouTube video into structured Cornell notes — cue questions, key points, and a summary.

## Blog

- [Blog](https://pelicantools.app/blog): Notes on new tools, tips for creators, and how we build fast utilities.
- [Download your YouTube transcript as a PDF](https://pelicantools.app/blog/transcript-pdf-export): There is now a Download PDF button for the YouTube to Transcript tool. A single click generates a clean and formatted PDF document that's timestamped and captioned for sharing, archiving and annotation.
- [PelicanTools is now available in Portuguese](https://pelicantools.app/blog/portuguese-language-support): All site tools, faqs, navigation and SEO pages has been completely translated to Portuguese, located at /pt.
- [A thamble grabber, not a heist film.](https://pelicantools.app/blog/thumbnail-grabber-note): Quick tip on what our YouTube thumbnail tool does, and where to find it.
- [More caption languages for YouTube transcripts — and clearer errors when one is missing](https://pelicantools.app/blog/more-transcript-languages-and-clearer-errors): The YouTube to Transcript and YouTube to Article tools now include many more Asian and regional Chinese caption codes, and the API returns a short message listing languages that actually exist on the video.
- [End-to-end technical flow of video repurposing for solo creators](https://pelicantools.app/blog/end-to-end-video-repurposing-for-solo-creators): Technical Q&A for ingestion, transcription, structuring, scoring, clip generation, rendering, publishing and SEO for video repurposing tools.
- [How transcription systems work](https://pelicantools.app/blog/how-transcription-system-work): A technical and descriptional deep dive on transcription systems.
- [This is the Pelican Tools blog.](https://pelicantools.app/blog/welcome-to-the-blog): Short updates on new utilities, tips for creators, and how we think about simple, fast tools on the web.

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://pelicantools.app/privacy): What we collect and how we use your data.
- [Terms of Service](https://pelicantools.app/terms): The terms governing use of the site.

## Optional

- [Pelican Tools (Italian)](https://pelicantools.app/it/): Italian-language version of the site.
- [Pelican Tools (German)](https://pelicantools.app/de/): German-language version of the site.
- [Pelican Tools (Portuguese)](https://pelicantools.app/pt/): Portuguese-language version of the site.