Shelf
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Your docs, on a shelf.

Talk to them.

Shelf indexes your local documents and lets you have a real conversation with them — with source citations. Everything stays on your Mac. No cloud. No subscriptions.

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Shelf app showing a document library and AI chat interface
Works withPDFs·Word Docs·Markdown·Plain Text·RTF·Scanned PDFs (OCR)·Images
How it works

From folder to conversation in seconds.

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Drop your folder. Shelf does the rest.

Point Shelf at any folder on your Mac. It quietly indexes every document in the background — PDFs, Word files, Markdown notes, plain text — using on-device embeddings. No upload. No waiting. Just point and go.

~/Documents/Work/Contracts
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Ask anything, in plain English.

Type a question the way you'd ask a colleague. Shelf finds the most relevant passages across all your documents and returns a grounded, cited answer. Not a list of files — an actual answer.

"What are the termination clauses in the Acme contract?"
03

Every answer cites its source.

Shelf never makes things up without telling you. Every response links back to the exact document and passage it drew from. Click the citation and jump straight to that page.

[1] Acme_Contract_2024.pdf · Page 7
04

Runs entirely on your Mac.

Your documents never leave your machine. Shelf uses Apple's on-device AI for embeddings and supports local LLMs via Ollama. Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic key for higher-quality responses — or stay fully offline.

Local · Private · Offline-capable
Privacy

Your documents are yours. Full stop.

In a world where every AI tool wants to train on your data, Shelf is built on a different principle: your files never leave your machine. Not even for a millisecond.

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Zero cloud by default
Shelf never sends your documents to any server. Indexing, embeddings, and retrieval all run locally on your Mac.
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On-device AI
Shelf uses Apple's Neural Engine for embeddings and supports Ollama for fully local LLM inference — no API key required.
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BYOK for cloud models
Want GPT-4o or Claude quality? Bring your own API key. It's stored in your Mac's Keychain and never touches our servers.
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You control your data
Remove a folder from Shelf and its index is deleted immediately. No backups, no retention, no questions asked.
Live Demo

Ask a question.
Get an answer with a source.

Shelf reads your documents and answers questions in plain English — with a citation pointing to the exact page it drew from. No hallucinations without a source. No guessing.

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📁~/Documents/Work
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Pricing

Pay once. Use forever.

No subscriptions. No usage limits. No surprises. Buy it once and it's yours.

Free
$0forever

For individuals who want to try Shelf with a small document collection.

  • ✓Up to 500 documents
  • ✓Local LLM mode (Ollama)
  • ✓PDF & plain text support
  • ✓Basic chat interface
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Pro
$29one-time

For power users who want unlimited access and the best AI quality.

  • ✓Unlimited documents
  • ✓Cloud LLM mode (BYOK)
  • ✓All file types incl. Word & OCR
  • ✓Source citation links
  • ✓Quick Capture shortcut (⌘⇧Space)
  • ✓Priority support
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Team
$79per seat, one-time

For small teams who want to share a document knowledge base.

  • ✓Everything in Pro
  • ✓Multiple Vaults
  • ✓Shared folder support
  • ✓Chat session export (MD/PDF)
  • ✓Team licence (up to 5 seats)
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Early Access

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Shelf is in development. Join the waitlist to get early access, shape the roadmap, and lock in the launch price.

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