Why superPDF
Big PDFs and AI that stay on your device. superPDF is free, with no account and no upload.
Six reasons
Big files stay on your computer
Open and edit 1 GB PDFs and 2,000-page documents right in your browser. Your files aren't uploaded.
AI that doesn't take your files
Chat, summaries and agents run on your device or with your own AI key. No superPDF server in between.
Scanned pages, read for you
Scans are recognized automatically. For hard pages, an optional open model reads them more accurately, on your computer.
Agents you stay in charge of
Describe the result. The agent plans the steps; you approve, edit or skip each one, and can undo it.
Works with your AI tools
A command-line tool, REST API and MCP server let Claude Code, Cursor and Codex work on PDFs on your machine (available from October 14, 2026).
Free. No account.
Every tool, with no sign-up and no limits on file size.
Performance
- 10 s
Redact two pages of a 1 GB, 2,000-page PDF, in your browser.
- 4.4 s
Turn 2,000 pages into Markdown.
- 2.4 min
Read 50 scanned pages on your device.
Measured on ParseBench
The public benchmark for document parsing.
| Reader | Overall | Tables | Charts | Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| superPDF reader (default) | 59.5 | 62.9 | 60.4 | 80.5 |
Scanned pages? An optional open model reads them more accurately. Compare the two