We’re building a local-first alternative to cloud PDF software — your documents stay on your device.
I’m building something because I’m increasingly uncomfortable with a basic assumption behind modern document software:
Why should I have to upload my document to someone else’s server just to work with it?
We’re building a local-first document studio where the core document operations are designed to happen on your device.
The direction is broader than another PDF editor.
We’re working toward one workspace for:
• PDF operations
• OCR
• raster-to-vector conversion
• spatial/canvas document editing
• encryption and decryption
• digital signing
• document hashing and verification
• optional AI vision
The important part is where this happens.
PDF processing, OCR, vectorization, canvas operations, cryptography and supported digital signing areno designed to execute locally.
Cloud storage, when used, is intended to store encrypted documents rather than plaintext.
AI is different: if you explicitly choose to use AI Vision, only the pages you select are sent for processing. It’s opt-in rather than quietly becoming part of every document workflow.
The idea is essentially:
Your computer should be the document processing infrastructure. The cloud should be optional.
We’re still building it, and I’m deliberately posting before calling the product finished.
I’d like to hear from people who regularly work with PDFs, contracts, drawings, scanned documents or other sensitive files:
Would local-first processing actually make you switch from your current PDF/document software?
And more importantly:
What would a product like this absolutely need before you would trust it with your documents?