'Get It' is a free desktop app that turns PDFs into AI study paths
Get It is a free, open-source desktop app that lets you upload a PDF and have AI turn it into a visual study path. It uses your existing ChatGPT account as the engine, so there are no extra API charges.
The app works by embedding Codex CLI — OpenAI's AI tool — directly inside a desktop application. When you log in with your ChatGPT account, the app uses that connection to process your PDFs and build structured, visual study paths from the content. Because the AI runs through your own account rather than a separate paid API connection, the developers avoid billing costs entirely and can offer the app for free. The project is open-source, meaning anyone can inspect the code or contribute to it.
Key points
- Upload a PDF and AI converts it into a visual study path
- Uses your ChatGPT account — no separate API fees
- Codex CLI is built in as the AI engine
- Open-source: code is public and open to contributions
- Free desktop app, ready to use after installation
Quick term guide
- open-source
- Software whose code is shared publicly so others can inspect, use, or change it.
- Codex CLI
- A command-line tool for using OpenAI Codex from a terminal.
- Codex
- OpenAI’s AI coding tool.
- IDE
- A software tool that combines a code editor, a way to run code, and error checking all in one app.
- PDFs
- Document files that keep the same layout across devices.
- build
- A chosen set of in-game abilities or items a player equips for their character.
- visual study paths
- A map-like way to show what to study and in what order.
- developers
- Developers are people who build software, apps, or websites.
Sources covering this story (8)
- r/startups_promotion'Get It' is a free desktop app that turns PDFs into AI study paths ↗
- r/SaaSWhat are you using to make PDFs usable in AI workflows? ↗
- r/OpenAi_APIWe avoided API billing by bundling Codex CLI into a free desktop AI app ↗
- r/aiagentshubWe put Codex CLI inside a free desktop app that turns PDFs into study paths ↗
- r/aibuilderFree open-source desktop AI app built around Codex CLI and PDFs ↗
- r/vibecodingHere is the project, and how we made Codex CLI the engine inside it ↗
- r/AiBuildersWe built a free desktop AI app that turns PDFs into visual study paths ↗
- r/GeminiAII built an app with Gemini that converts any text into high-quality audio. It works with PDFs, blog posts, Substack and Medium links, and even photos of text. ↗