LocalRAG!

Categories: Text & Writing, Voice & Audio, Music | Pricing: Freemium | Official Website ↗

Chat with PDFs, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, audio recordings and video files using AI. On-device transcription with WhisperKit. On-device LLM for complete privacy. Cross-language search, source citations

Key Features

AI chat with PDFs, Office docs, EPUBs, images
Audio and video transcription (on-device)
On-device LLM for privacy (Qwen3 4B)
OCR for images and scanned documents
Page-level source citations
Offline AI capability
Option to use Claude API for higher accuracy

Pros

Complete privacy with on-device AI processing
Supports 23 document formats including audio/video
Offline functionality without internet connection
Source citations for verifiable AI answers
Cross-language search capability

Cons

On-device AI (4B model) may have lower accuracy than cloud LLMs
On-device AI response speed can be slower (~10 sec to a few min)
Requires ~3 GB model download for on-device AI
Cloud LLM (Claude) requires internet and sends data to server
No mention of desktop app for Mac/Windows

Use Cases

Condensing long PDFs into key takeaways
Finding key clauses, risks, and obligations in contracts
Extracting findings and understanding methodology from research papers
Summarizing chapters and asking questions about EPUBs
Searching across multiple technical standards and project documents

Best For

Students
Researchers
Legal Professionals
Business Teams

Integrations: WhisperKit, whisper.cpp, Claude API

Platforms: ios, android

Watch demo on YouTube ↗

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