Show HN: Sygal – Convert PDFs, scans and web pages to Markdown, locally
Sygal is a new local software tool designed to convert various file formats, including PDFs and web pages, into clean Markdown or JSON. It aims to optimize data for AI pipelines by reducing token usage and standardizing output.
Why it matters
Efficient data preprocessing is essential for improving the performance and cost-effectiveness of AI model interactions.
en Download free New Launch offer: €25 one-time, no subscription Turn any document into clean, AI-ready Markdown, right on your machine. PDF, Word, Excel, images, scans, web pages, even YouTube links: Sygal converts them locally into clean Markdown and structured JSON, ready to drop into a prompt, a knowledge base or a pipeline. On scans, images and web pages in particular, that also means far fewer tokens for your AI.
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Sygal Converted in 1.7s 100% on-device Reads everything you throw at it
Drop a dense PDF, a spreadsheet or a screenshot. Sygal returns clean Markdown you can read, or JSON your pipeline can parse.
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