Collate

About Collate

Collate is a native Mac workspace designed for people who spend real time with PDFs. It combines reading, questions, summaries, citations, highlights, organization and exports in one place, keeping the result connected to the source document.

The app brings AI inference to your Mac instead of sending documents to cloud providers. Local AI works offline after downloading the app and a model. Users can also choose to bring their own API keys for OpenAI or Anthropic cloud models.

Features include chat with single or multiple PDFs, offline summaries, citations that link back to exact pages, folder organization for research workflows, and exports in multiple formats including HTML, PDF and email drafts.

• local-ai
• pdf ai
• offline
• privacy
• mac app
• document chat

FAQ

What is Collate?

Collate is a native Mac workspace for reading, organizing, questioning, summarizing, and highlighting PDFs. It supports Local AI on your Mac and optional OpenAI or Anthropic models using your own API key.

Does Collate work offline?

Local AI works offline after the app and a supported model have been downloaded. Model downloads, software updates, optional cloud providers, analytics, embedded website forms, and user-created share links require an internet connection.

When do my documents leave my Mac?

In Local AI mode, document processing stays on your Mac. If you explicitly select a Cloud AI provider, Collate sends the content required for that request to the selected provider. Creating a web share link also uploads the selected answer, summary, or highlights.

Which Macs are supported?

Collate supports Apple Silicon and Intel Macs running macOS 13.5 or later. Local model speed and capacity depend on the Mac's available memory.

How much does Collate cost?

The Mac app is currently free to download. Local models do not have per-request fees. If you use a BYOK cloud provider, that provider may charge your account under its own pricing.