PDF Pals — ChatPDF on Mac
Native macOS app for chatting with local PDFs privately using your own AI API key, with built-in OCR.
What it does
PDF Pals is a native Mac application that lets users chat with PDF documents entirely on-device, without uploading files to the cloud. It supports OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and OpenRouter API keys, includes OCR for scanned documents, and stores data locally in SQLite.
Core features
Native macOS app with local file storage
Chat with PDFs using your own API key
Built-in OCR for scanned PDFs and forms
No file size limit
Support for multiple AI providers
Multi-PDF simultaneous chat
Best for
→Reviewing legal contracts and case files privately
→Researchers extracting information from academic papers
→Developers learning from technical documentation
→Professionals needing offline, private document analysis