Gleanary

Gleanary is a free open-source macOS app that saves web links and files, links related notes, and provides an interactive library chat.

Gleanary is an agentic librarian application for macOS that saves, files, and links web pages, PDFs, and bookmarks. Users drop links or PDFs into a chat interface, and the system fetches, cleans metadata, researches, and files items using Johnny Decimal codes. It features automated agents that handle tasks like checking dead links, cross-linking, and summarizing on a schedule. Users can browse notes via a map, list, or graph, and chat with their library with answers linked to original passages. It operates local-first on the Mac, and supports Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT subscriptions, or API keys for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and OpenRouter.

Gleanary at a glance

Best for: Researcher, Writer
Runs on: macOS
Pricing: Free
Released: November 2026
Category: AI research tool
Website: gleanary.app

Key features

Saves web links, PDFs, and imported bookmarks
Files items under Johnny Decimal codes
Chats with your personal knowledge library
Automatically follows citations and referenced links
Drafts links between related notes for review
Browses notes via a map, list, or graph
Performs searches without an AI model

Use it for

Chatting with saved research libraries
Organizing saved web links and PDFs
Following citation networks automatically
Summarizing captured documents and web pages

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