ChatPDFLocal is a ChatPDF app on Mac OS, especially for serious study and work scenarios.
From research papers and manuals to legal contracts and educational materials, reading PDF is a very important part of our daily digital life. ChatPDFLocal is an AI-powered apps by which you can interact with your PDF or PDF collections, you can now ask questions, and the chatbot in ChatPDFLocal will provide you with precise, reliable answers. This app is designed to help you read and understand PDF files and improve your efficiency in reading.
Compared to other apps, it can chat with local pdf privately using the local LLM without uploading your files to the clouds, You don't have to worry about information being leaked to the outside. The current available LLMs include: llama 3.2, phi 4, QwQ 32B Preview, marco o1, gemma 2, mistral nemo.With the ChatPDFLocal your personal data is safe, because the LLM models and data are all stored and processed locally, so there is no data leakage. It can be used normally even on the plane or train when the internet can not be connected.
If you don't mind uploading your pdfs to the cloud, you can also use online LLMs. Apply for the API KEY of the online LLM before you use it. The current available LLM include: GPT-4o-2024–11–20,GPT4o,GPT4-Turbo, GPT4, GPT3.5, Claude-3.5, Claude-3, Gemini 2.0, Gemini 1.5, Gemini-exp-1206 and Deepseek v3.
All data is stored locally and is not uploaded to the clouds when using the local LLM. Local LLMs include: llama3.2–3b, phi-4, mistral-nemo, gemma.
Easily access to all the best LLM models, such as the smartest #1 model of Gemini-Exp-1206 and GPT-4o-2024-1120 on the Chatbot Arena LLM Leaderboard. Gemini 2.0 Flash, Claude 3.5, GPT4o, GPT4o-mini, and DeepSeek V3 are also can be used with your own API Key.
Built-in powerful OCR to extract knowledge from visual images. Support loading local unlimited multiple pdfs, chat real time and fast without waiting.
Built-in local vector database & RAG to improve the generating results from LLM.
Built-in powerful OCR to extract knowledge from visual images.
Here is how you can start chatting with your local PDFs using ChatPDFLocal ?It's very simple .Choose the model you want to use, online model or local model.
For online model, choose the model you want to use and input the api-key.
For local model, also choose the model you want to use, the embedding model and the chat model will be downloaded to your local disk automatically. The download will only run the first time you use the model, so please be patient. Now you have an offline ChatGPT for your PDF files. Turn off your internet connection, it still works.
After model selection is finished, just select the file you want to chat, then chat with it. The responses reference the relevant pieces of the original document.
Here are some examples of what you can ask ChatPDF:
"What's the main argument in this research paper?"
"Can you explain the steps in this process?"
"Summarize the main points in this essay."
ChatPDFLocal can benefit students from all levels. ChatPDFLocal provide explanations for papers, learning process for student can be simple. CPL can be used not only in reading papers but also in preparing exam. With the help of ChatPDFLocal your academic journey will be more smoother .
ChatPDFLocal can simplify the research process by extracting important information from research materials. With the help of ChatPDFLocal, researchers can spend less time reading papers, the can focus on their research work, and make discoveries.
ChatPDFLocal can help professionals from different fields. For example, lawyers can extract key information from complex legal documents, enhancing their efficiency. Business analysts will be able to more easily analyze business documents.
Chat with your pdfs in a private and secure way when using local LLM. All data is stored locally and is not uploaded to the cloud. You don't have to worry about information being leaked to the outside.
Currently the available local LLM include llama3.1–8b,phi-3.5-mini,mistral-nemo, gemma,QwQ 32B Preview and marco o1. You can choose the model you like. More models with updates will be on the way in the future.
Easily access to all the best LLM models, such as GPT4-Turbo, GPT4, GPT3.5, Claude 3.5, Claude-3-Opus, Claude-3-sonnet, Claude-3-haiku, Gemini pro and Deepseek with your own API Key.
GPT is not the only option to chat with your pdfs. For example,Anthropic's medium-sized model Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms GPT-4o (ChatGPT's latest update, as of this writing) in many ways, particularly those involving reasoning. From the table provided by Claude (Introducing Claude 3.5 Sonnet \ Anthropic) we can see that The Claude 3.5 Sonnet beat out competitors such as the GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and others in 7 out of 9 overall categories. As we know, the Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a medium-sized model, between Haiku and Opus. But its performance was impressive. Geminiraduate-level reasoning (GPQA), undergraduate-level knowledge (MMLU) and text-based problem-solving, which is very important for the chat pdfs apps.
Users can use it for free for 5 days, subscribing and recommend friends can extend the length of free use. They can decide to upgrade to the pro plan if needed to unlock more functions.
With the help of ChatPDFLocal, you can chat with your documents, you will have an AI-powered friend who will enhance your PDF reading experiences. Whether you're a student, professional, or running a business, let ChatPDFLocal handle the tedious tasks so you can focus on what matters most and get more done in less time.
If you want to chat pdf, but you don't want to upload your pdfs to the clouds, you can choose ChatPDFLocal.
If you want to chat pdf, but you want to use Claude, Gemini or Deepseek you can choose ChatPDFLocal.
If you want to chat pdf with local LLMs such as llama3.2 you can choose ChatPDFLocal.
