Free Contract & Legal Document Generator — PDF, No Signup

Four legal documents, one clean PDF — and no paywall on the download

Pick a document type — a Non-Disclosure Agreement (mutual or one-way), a Freelance / Independent Contractor Agreement, a Residential Lease Agreement, or a website Terms of Service — fill in the parties and key terms, watch the live preview update as you type, and download a selectable-text PDF. It is free, with no signup, no paywall, and no watermark: you fill in the form and the finished document is yours.

Everything runs in your browser. Your draft is saved only in your own browser (local storage) and the PDF is built on your device, so nothing is uploaded; the optional AI clause helper is the one exception, and it sends only the specific notes you choose to improve. Once a document is signed you can sign it without printing, open it in Word to keep editing, or — after a freelance job — invoice the client.

NDA: do you need a mutual or a one-way agreement?

The first choice the NDA asks you to make is the one that matters most. A one-way (unilateral) NDA protects information flowing in a single direction — use it when only you are disclosing, say before you show a contractor or investor your plans. A mutual (bilateral) NDA protects both sides and is the honest choice whenever each party will share something confidential, which is most partnership and integration talks. Pick the wrong one and half the conversation is unprotected. Selecting the type here rewrites the Parties and Obligations clauses to match, so a mutual NDA treats each side as both a discloser and a receiver.

The rest of the document is standard NDA scaffolding. Here is what each clause is actually doing, in plain English:

Purpose

Defines the one reason the other side is allowed to use your information. A tight purpose (“to evaluate a possible partnership”) is what stops them from using what they learn for anything else — this is the field the AI helper can turn from rough notes into clean wording.

Confidential Information

Describes what counts as protected — non-public business plans, finances, customer data, designs, and know-how, whether shared in writing, out loud, or electronically. Broad enough to cover what you will actually say.

Exclusions

The carve-outs that keep an NDA reasonable: information that is already public, that the other side already knew, that they develop independently, or that a court or law forces them to disclose. Without these, an NDA is overbroad and harder to enforce.

Term & Return of Materials

How long the duty of confidence lasts after disclosure (you set the period), and the right to demand your materials back or destroyed when the talks end. A “No Licence” clause makes clear that sharing information is not handing over any ownership.

What a freelance contract actually needs — and why

The Freelance / Independent Contractor Agreement is built for freelancers, agencies, and the clients who hire them. Most disputes over freelance work trace back to one of four terms being vague, so the form makes each of them explicit:

Scope of work

The deliverables you are actually on the hook for. A specific scope (“a 5-page marketing website with a contact form”) is the single best defence against scope creep — anything not written here is, by definition, extra. This is the field the AI helper can tighten into clean wording.

Fees & payment terms

The rate (fixed or hourly) and, just as important, when it is due — for example “50% upfront, 50% on delivery, net 14 days.” The generated clause also notes that late payment can accrue interest and that work may pause until overdue amounts are cleared.

IP ownership

Who owns the finished work. The form gives you a toggle: the client owns the deliverables on full payment (the usual arrangement, with the contractor keeping pre-existing tools and general know-how), or the contractor keeps ownership and grants the client a licence to use it. Payment-gated transfer protects you until the invoice clears.

Independent-contractor status

A clause stating you are a contractor, not an employee — responsible for your own taxes, insurance, and equipment, and in control of how the work gets done. It matters for tax treatment and worker-classification questions on both sides.

There is no dedicated “kill fee” field, but you are not stuck without one: type any extra clause — a kill fee, a revision cap, a late-payment interest rate — as its own line under Additional Terms, and it is folded into the agreement with the numbering fixed up automatically. The NDA, freelance agreement, and lease each finish with a signature block ready to sign.

Residential lease: security-deposit rules by US state

US landlord-tenant law is set state by state, so a residential lease agreement that ignores your state is only half a document. Choose your state and the lease writes in that state’s statutory security-deposit cap, its deposit-return deadline, and the disclosures commonly required there — plus the federal lead-paint disclosure for any home built before 1978. All 50 states and Washington, D.C. are covered. A sample of the figures the tool applies:

Those statutory figures are baked straight into the Security Deposit clause. Choose California and a $2,200 rent, for instance, and the lease reads:

4. Security Deposit
                Tenant will pay a security deposit of $2,200, held by Landlord and
                returned (less lawful deductions) after the tenancy ends.
                California statutory note: deposit cap - 1 month's rent (most
                landlords, 2024 law); return deadline - within 21 days of move-out.
                Verify the current figure before signing.

These caps and deadlines are a starting point, not a live legal feed. Landlord-tenant statutes change, and some cities layer their own rules on top of the state’s — Illinois’ statewide “no cap,” for example, coexists with stricter local ordinances. Always verify your state’s (and city’s) current law before you sign.

Read this first: a template is a starting point, not legal advice

Every document here is generated from a general template and is provided for information only. It is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for a licensed attorney. That distinction is not boilerplate — it is the honest limit of what any form generator can do, and it is worth understanding before you rely on the output.

A template cannot know your facts. It does not see the leverage between the parties, the money at stake, the industry rules that apply to you, or the one unusual term that makes your deal different from the thousand deals the template was written for. Law also differs by country, state, and city, and it changes over time — including the state lease figures shown above. A clause that is standard in one jurisdiction can be unenforceable, or even illegal, in another. Whether a signed contract is actually binding depends on your situation and local law, which is precisely why these documents are informational rather than a guarantee of enforceability.

The useful way to think about this tool: it produces a clean, well-organised first draft so you are not staring at a blank page or paying a lawyer to type your names into a standard form. Fill it in, read every clause, adapt the wording to your reality, and — for anything with real money, real risk, or an unusual structure — have a qualified lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction review it before you sign. That review is cheaper and faster when you hand over a finished draft instead of a vague idea.

How it compares to the alternatives

This generator is the fastest route to a free, editable first draft you fully control. It is honestly not the right tool for a bespoke, high-stakes agreement — for that a lawyer wins every time. Where each option fits:

Specifics like pricing and download rules vary by provider and change often, so treat that column as a general pattern rather than a promise about any one service. The pitch here is narrow and honest: an NDA, freelance contract, lease, or terms of service, drafted in your browser and exported as a free PDF, that you take to a lawyer if the stakes call for one.

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