PDF-GPT

6.5easy start · #25of 27
in AI PDF Assistants

Runs on api, Linux, self-hosted, Web.

PDF-GPT is ranked #25 of 27 in AI PDF assistants on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web.

Compared on AI PDF assistants

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PDF chat: PDF-GPT lets users chat with an uploaded PDF using GPT functionality.
Document processing: The app splits documents into smaller chunks and generates embeddings with a Deep Averaging Network Encoder.
Semantic search: It searches PDF content semantically and sends the most relevant embeddings to OpenAI.
Page citations: Answers can include the PDF page number in square brackets.
Input options: The documented workflow accepts an uploaded PDF or a PDF URL.
API: The README describes exposing the app as an API with langchain-serve, including ask_url and ask_file endpoints.
Local use: The README documents a local Gradio playground available in a browser at localhost:7860.
Deployment: The project documents Docker Compose use and deployment to Jina Cloud.
API key: The sample API requests pass an OPENAI_API_KEY in the request environment variables.
Retrieval limit: The documented flow retrieves the top five chunks with KNN before generating an answer.
Encoder download: The README says the Universal Sentence Encoder download is 915 MB if fetched at runtime.
License: The project states that it is licensed under the MIT License.
Maintainer appeal: The README says the maintainer is seeking open-source contributors to help maintain the application and take backlog items voluntarily.
Purpose: PDF-GPT lets users chat with the contents of a PDF using GPT capabilities.

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