Private document intelligence for macOS and Windows

Every answer leads back to the page.

Paperful AI reads your PDFs and Word files and answers questions across all of them. Each answer is linked to the document and page it came from — and everything happens on your own computer.

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Answers that show their sources.

Paperful AI is source-aware. It works across your whole folder — not just the document in front of you — and links every answer to the exact document and page, so you can check it yourself.

Paperful AI home screen in dark mode with nine indexed documents — Ask across an entire document set. Every file in the folder is considered, not just the one you have open.

A discharge summary open beside a structured admission table generated from the document — Answers take the shape you need — here a structured admission table, with its source document attached.

A comparison table of LDL cholesterol across three years, with numbered links to each source document — Compare values across years and documents in one view, with a numbered link to each source.

A list of a patient's medications with a link to the source document — Pull structured lists out of prose — medications, dates, figures — and jump to the page behind them.

Why Paperful AI

A serious tool for reading, searching and reasoning over your own documents.

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Source-aware answers

Every answer links to the exact document and page, so a claim you cannot verify is a claim you do not have to accept.

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Built for the whole folder

Ask one question across dozens of documents and let Paperful AI connect details that live in different files.

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Made for real documents

Designed around the PDFs and Word files you actually work with, including dense layouts and awkward typography.

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Private by default

Your documents are read and searched on your own computer. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create.

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Offline when you need it

After a one-time setup, reading, searching and asking work without an internet connection.

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Fast, precise search

Find the exact passage across thousands of pages in an instant, without knowing where to look.

Paperful AI at a glance

From a folder of documents to an answer you can trace back.

Paperful AI home screen in light mode showing an indexed list of sources and the prompt 'What can I do for you?' — Add a folder and every PDF and Word file becomes searchable.

Paperful AI in dark mode with the theme switcher menu open — Light and dark themes that follow your system.

A PDF open in the document viewer beside the answer panel, with a highlighted source passage — Read the original document beside the answer, and open the exact page.

Paperful AI answer panel ready for a question about the indexed documents — Ask in plain language. The answer is drawn only from your documents.

An answer with a numbered link to the source passage — Every answer points back to the passage it came from.

How it works

Three steps, and your documents become searchable and answerable.

Add your documents

Drag in a folder of PDFs, Word files or text.

Ask or search

Search for an exact phrase, or ask a question in plain language.

Check the source

Open the linked page and see the answer for yourself.

Watch the demo

A short walkthrough of indexing, search and source-aware answers.

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Get Paperful AI

Paperful AI for Windows is available now. The macOS release is on its way.

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macOS 12+ or Windows 10/11 · A one-time local setup runs inside the app.