Free agreement builder
Contract Maker
Start from a service, freelance, NDA or rental agreement, edit every clause, fill the blanks with the placeholder assistant, sign on screen and download a clean PDF or Word file.
- Live A4 preview
- Draw or upload signatures
- Selectable-text PDF and Word
- Drafts stay in your browser
[BRACKETED] placeholder and take legal advice before signing anything that matters.Agreement typeStarting clauses you can edit
Agreement detailsTitle, reference, date and place
The partiesWho is agreeing to this
First party
Second party
Placeholder assistantFill each [BLANK] once, everywhere 0 left
Type a value and press Fill (or Enter). Every occurrence in the title, parties, clauses and notes is replaced.
No placeholders left to fill.
Opening and clausesNumbered automatically 0
Signatures and witnessesDraw or upload, both optional
Party
A PNG with a transparent background looks best.
The printed name and title come from the signatory fields in The parties.
Party
A PNG with a transparent background looks best.
The printed name and title come from the signatory fields in The parties.
Layout optionsNumbering, page numbers, initials
With 1.1 numbering, each line of a clause body becomes its own numbered paragraph.
Your draft stays in this browser. Signing in lets you also keep agreements in your account portal.
Preview only - the PDF is laid out for A4 with page numbers and the footer on every page.
Draft an agreement in three steps
No account, no upload - the whole draft lives in your browser.
- 1
Pick a starting point
Choose a service, freelance, NDA or rental agreement, or begin blank and add clauses from the library.
- 2
Fill the blanks
Name both parties, then use the placeholder assistant to replace every [BRACKETED] blank in one go.
- 3
Sign and download
Draw or upload signatures, choose a design and download a PDF with page numbers, or an editable Word file.
What the contract maker does
Placeholder assistant
Lists every unfilled blank, replaces all occurrences at once and warns you before you download a document that still has some.
Clause library
Borrow a confidentiality, payment or termination clause from any other agreement type and reorder clauses freely.
On-screen signatures
Each party can draw or upload a signature, with printed name, title, date and optional witnesses.
Print-ready PDF
Real selectable text, clauses that never strand a heading at the foot of a page, page numbers and optional initials boxes.
Four designs
Formal and Classic serif layouts, or Modern and Minimal sans-serif layouts, each in the accent colour you choose.
Autosave and backup
Every change is saved in this browser. Download a backup file to carry the draft to another device.
Questions
Is a contract made with this tool legally binding?
A written agreement signed by both parties is often binding, but these are drafts rather than legal advice. Contract law differs by country and by state. Read the whole agreement and take legal advice before signing anything that matters.
What are the words in square brackets?
They are placeholders such as [START DATE] or [AMOUNT]. The placeholder assistant lists each one; type a value once and every occurrence is replaced. Unfilled placeholders are highlighted in the preview and you are warned before downloading.
Can I sign the agreement on screen?
Yes. Each party can draw a signature with a mouse, finger or stylus, or upload an image of one. It is placed above the printed name on the PDF and Word file.
Is my agreement uploaded anywhere?
No. The draft is kept in your browser and the PDF and Word files are created on your device. If you are signed in you can choose to save a copy to your account.
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What this tool does
Pick the kind of agreement you need, edit the clauses that come with it, name both parties, and download a finished document. Nothing is locked: every clause can be rewritten, reordered or deleted, and you can add your own.
The file is produced on our server as real, selectable text. That matters more than it sounds. Tools that build a PDF in the browser are usually taking a picture of the page - the result cannot be searched, a clause cannot be copied out of it, and a screen reader cannot read it at all. An agreement is the worst possible document to ship as an image.
The templates
- Service agreement - for providing an ongoing service to a client: scope, fees, payment terms, ownership of the work and how either side ends it.
- Non-disclosure agreement - for sharing confidential information before or during a working relationship.
- Rental agreement - for letting property or equipment: term, rent, deposit, condition and responsibilities.
- Freelance contract - for a defined piece of work: deliverables, milestones, revisions and what happens to the copyright.
- Blank agreement - an empty document when you already know what it needs to say.
Placeholders are meant to be obvious
Anything the template cannot know is written in [SQUARE BRACKETS]. That is deliberate: an unfilled placeholder should be conspicuous in the finished document so that whoever reads it notices, rather than being quietly signed. Before you send an agreement, search it for a square bracket.
Numbering
Clauses are numbered by their position, not by numbers you type. Insert a clause in the middle and everything after it renumbers - which is the entire reason legal documents number their clauses, and the thing that goes wrong when they are typed by hand.
Is this legally binding?
A written agreement signed by both parties is generally binding. That is not the same as it being right for your situation. These are drafts produced from a template by a tool, not legal advice. Contract law differs by country and by state, several of the clauses here contain terms only a court can settle, and an agreement that matters deserves a lawyer reading it. The generated document says so on its face, because the file is what gets emailed and signed by people who never saw this page.
Frequently asked questions
Can I download the contract as a Word document?
Yes. Both PDF and Word are offered, and both are real text. The Word file can be edited afterwards, which is usually what you want when the other side asks for a change.
Do I need an account?
No. The tool is free and works signed out - the draft is kept in your browser as you type, so a refresh does not lose an afternoon of work. Signing in keeps your agreements together, numbers them in a proper sequence and lets you reopen them later.
Is what I type private?
The draft in your browser stays there. The agreement is sent to our server when you press download, because that is what produces the file, and it is stored so that you can find it again. It is not shared, and it is not indexed.
How many clauses can an agreement have?
Enough for any ordinary contract. Add as many as you need with the Add a clause button, and move them with the arrows.
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Quick answer
Pick a template, edit the clauses, name both parties, and download the agreement as PDF or Word.
Key facts
- Both formats are real selectable text rather than an image of a page, so the Word file stays editable.
- Clauses are numbered by position, so inserting one renumbers the rest.
- Placeholders are written in square brackets so an unfilled one is obvious in the finished document.
- The draft is kept in the browser as it is typed, so a refresh does not lose it.