Collate

Hey Indie Hackers,

I’ve been building Collate, a free offline AI workspace for macOS. It runs entirely on-device (no uploads, no limits) and helps you read, highlight, summarize, chat with, and truly understand your PDFs.

We just launched v1.7 with some big upgrades:

✨ What’s new

• Share as links — instantly share summaries, highlights, or even a single message with citations.

• Faster summaries — snappier performance across big PDFs.

• Progress tracking — see how much of the doc you’ve covered as you ask questions.

• Suggested questions — guided exploration so you don’t miss key parts.

• Mark as done — tidy up your reading list.

• Clickable citations — answers link straight to the source in the PDF.

📚 Still here from v1.5:

• Chat with multiple PDFs at once.

• Merge PDFs into a single file.

• Persistent chat history per document.

• Smart citations + auto-highlights in the PDF.

🌍 Why I’m building this

I believe AI should be private, personal, and unlimited. By running locally, Collate gives anyone instant insights without paywalls or cloud lock-in. It’s a small step toward my bigger vision: creating a personal AI workspace where you can orchestrate agents and automate your workflows — without giving up control.

💬 Would love your thoughts

• Which formats should I add next (DOCX, websites)?

• What would make Collate indispensable for your workflow?

• If you’ve tried it, what’s missing or rough around the edges?

👉 Check it out here: collate.one

👉 We’re also live on Product Hunt today — upvotes much appreciated 🙏

Thanks for all the inspiration and support — excited to keep building in public!