Show HN: Sygal – Convert PDFs, scans and web pages to Markdown, locally

Category: devtools

Tags: document-conversion, markdown, local-first, ocr, ai-ready

Score: 5.7/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 4, Utility: 6)

Sygal is a local-first desktop application that converts PDFs, scans, web pages, and other documents into clean Markdown and structured JSON, aiming to produce AI-ready output with fewer tokens. It supports OCR via user-provided keys and runs entirely on the user's machine, targeting privacy-conscious users who need document ingestion for AI workflows.

Target audience: developers and data engineers working with AI pipelines, knowledge bases, and document ingestion

Repository: https://sygal.app

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