PDFGist

The AI PDF reader that brings your own model.

Most AI PDF apps lock you into their subscription. PDFGist is a thin, fast reader, and the intelligence is whatever model you point it at: any OpenAI-compatible endpoint — OpenAI, DeepSeek, Kimi, SiliconFlow, Ollama (local) — with your key stored on your machine and requests sent straight to your provider.

Screenshot placeholder — reader view with AI sidebar streaming a translation.

Highlights

Select any text, one click to translate — results stream in as they generate
One-click structured summaries of the current page, a selection, or the whole document
Chat with the document, grounded in the current page, your selection, or the first pages
Presets for DeepSeek, OpenAI, Moonshot Kimi, SiliconFlow and Ollama, or any custom base URL
Continuous-scroll reading with zoom, fit-width, document outline and keyboard navigation
Local-first: no account, no telemetry, keys in your user config directory

Get it

Installers for Windows (MSI / NSIS), macOS (dmg, Apple silicon) and Linux (deb / rpm / AppImage) from GitHub Releases.

Download