Products

Collate

AI-native

Private PDF AI, right on your Mac.

collate.one Source App StoreWriting & Documents / PDF & Document Tools

AI Benchmark
Desktop
Mobile
Monthly visits
<5K
Oct 2026
Public revenue
Undisclosed
No public revenue evidence yet
Entry price
Free
No monthly subscription pricing
Creators
Vel Yanchina
@collate_ai· 443 followers
Launched
2y ago
2024-03-02 · Est.

Traffic

Monthly visitsData through Oct 2026

Marketing moves

Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions
X accounts@collate_ai@vel_is_lava

  • Launched on Product HuntLaunch

    Offline AI workspace for PDFs on your Mac

    Aug 21, 2025 · 15mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Findly.toolsLaunch

    Collate — Chat with PDFs, generate summaries, and extract insights entirely offline on your Mac.

    Jul 15, 2025 · 16mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Fazier (31 upvotes · 1 comments)Launch

    Collate — Read smarter. Summarize faster. Chat with your PDFs—offline

    Jul 7, 2025 · 17mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Product HuntLaunch

    Offline, Private, PDF Reader, Summaries & AI Chat

    Apr 28, 2025 · 19mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (2 pts)Launch

    Collate – Offline PDF Summarizer Using Llama 3.2 — Hi HN! I’m excited to share Collate, a macOS app I built that lets you chat with PDFs, generate summaries, and read documents—all offline.…

    Jan 7, 2025 · 23mo agoLaunch page

Third-party reviews & case dossiers

Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics
Show HN
2024-03-02Source
Post excerpt:
Feeling overwhelmed by endless resources? Not sure where to start and how to consume it all given your limited time? Wish you could streamline your learning? Ever clicked on a headline and read an article only to find out it's not what you're looking for? Do you wish you could take notes in the same place as you read? Did you ever wish you could pause a vide
Show HN
2025-01-07Source
Post excerpt:
Hi HN! I’m excited to share Collate, a macOS app I built that lets you chat with PDFs, generate summaries, and read documents—all offline. It runs entirely on-device using Llama 3.2 quantized models, ensuring privacy without compromising on capability. Features: • Ask Questions: Interact with PDFs to extract key insights or answers without manual searching.
Fazier
2025-07-07Source
What engineers like:
- Intuitive PDF reader with user-friendly interface&nbsp;&nbsp; - Highlight PDF - Unlimited, instant summaries of long PDFs&nbsp;&nbsp; - Interactive chat to ask questions and extract key insights from your PDFs. Chat with multiple PDFs&nbsp;&nbsp; - Runs fully offline on Mac OS for maximum privacy and security&nbsp;&nbsp; - No internet required—your data stays on your device&nbsp;&nbsp; - Organize and manage all your PDFs in one place&nbsp;&nbsp; - Unlimited free use with no restrictions&nbsp;&nbsp; - Downloadable directly from the Mac App Store
Best suited for:
- Quickly summarize lengthy research papers or reports for faster comprehension&nbsp;&nbsp; - Highlight and organize key information in academic PDFs for study purposes&nbsp;&nbsp; - Chat with contracts or legal documents to clarify terms and extract critical points&nbsp;&nbsp; - Review and annotate business proposals or project plans efficiently&nbsp;&nbsp; - Manage and access all your PDFs in one centralized, offline location&nbsp;&nbsp; - Ensure document privacy by working without internet connectivity&nbsp;&nbsp; - Extract insights from manuals or technical documents during offline work&nbsp;&nbsp; - Streamline reading and note-taking for students, professionals, and researchers&nbsp;&nbsp; - Save time by generating instant summaries and answers directly from your PDFs

Open Source & Self-Hosting

GitHub · MCP / Skill
velyan/collate-pdf-ai
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Store data

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Traffic sources

Oct 2026

Traffic breakdown

Channels

  • Direct39%
  • Organic Search36%
  • Referrals10%
  • Social6%
  • Other9%

Countries

  • India100%

Search

Domain authority —Domain registered 2024-01-31

KeywordMonthly volume
collate58.9K
collate adalah400
coalate280
local ai app for document summary mac200

Traffic data: Vaneform

Pricing

Pricing page does not list plan prices.

Trial: None · Observed 2026-11-04 · Pricing page

Pages & changes

Tracked since 2024-12-25

Key pages

Weekly snapshots
collate.one/ Snapshot 2026-11-04

Changes

No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.

Questions & evidence

How much website traffic does Collate get?
Vaneform estimates <5K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
What is Collate and what platforms does it support?
Collate is catalogued under PDF & Document Tools: Private PDF AI, right on your Mac.. Supported platforms: Mobile App.
Is Collate open source?
Collate has a public repository (https://github.com/velyan/collate-pdf-ai) with its source repository published.Source

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