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Current capabilities, and what's coming next.

PortableRAG is a private developer preview. Here's what works today for testers, and what's still on the roadmap.

Private preview available to early-access testers nowPlanned on the roadmap, not yet available

Private Projects

Private preview

Keep each set of documents in its own self-contained project, so your client files, personal research, and company documents never mix.

Advanced

Each project maintains its own local index and configuration.

Local Document Chat

Private preview

Ask questions in plain English and get answers drawn directly from your files — no copying and pasting into a chat window.

Source Citations

Private preview

Every answer links back to the exact document and passage it came from, so you can verify it in seconds.

Advanced

Citations reference the specific retrieved passage used to ground the answer, not just the source file.

Hybrid Search

Private preview

PortableRAG looks for both the meaning of your question and the exact words you used, then combines both to find the most relevant passages.

Advanced

Combines semantic (vector) search with keyword (BM25) search, merged and reranked before being passed to the model.

Offline Use

Private preview

Once set up, use PortableRAG on a flight, in a secure facility, or anywhere without a reliable internet connection.

Local AI Models

Private preview

PortableRAG runs AI models on your own computer by default, so your questions and documents don't need to leave your machine to get an answer. Configuring an external cloud model is optional and explicit.

Desktop App for macOS

Private preview

A desktop application for Apple Silicon Macs — not a browser tab. Windows is planned next.

Delete Local Project Data

Private preview

Delete a project any time. It's your data, stored where you can see it, removable when you're done with it.

Windows, Linux & Team Workspaces

Planned

Windows is next and Linux is planned, both with the same local-first design. Shared team workspaces are on the roadmap — PortableRAG is a single-user app today.

Supported file formats

What the current preview can read. Status is shown in text, not color alone.

FormatStatus
Text-based PDF Supported
Word (.docx) Supported
Plain text (.txt) Supported
Markdown (.md) Supported
Spreadsheets (.xlsx) Supported
Scanned or image-only PDF Not supported· No OCR yet
Images & handwriting Not supported· No OCR yet

System requirements

Verified requirements are listed below. Hardware guidance is still being measured during the private preview and will be published as it's confirmed.

Operating system
macOS 13+
Processor
Apple Silicon (M-series)
Installation
Developer preview — shared with early-access testers
Memory, storage & model size
Being validated during the private preview
Indexing time & answer latency
Being validated during the private preview