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title: "Chat with PDF online with Local AI | Docs Bunny"
description: "Ask questions about your PDF and receive instant, source-grounded answers with actionable page citations powered by 100% private browser AI."
canonical: https://docsbunny.com/chat-with-pdf
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# Chat with PDF online with Local AI

Ask questions about your PDF and receive instant, source-grounded answers with actionable page citations powered by 100% private browser AI.

- Input: PDF
- Output: answers & citations
- Browser tool: [Open Chat with PDF online with Local AI](https://docsbunny.com/chat-with-pdf)
- Privacy: Supported processing runs locally after the person selects a file.

## PDF to answers & citations

Docs Bunny extracts text and location metadata locally. Ask any question to retrieve relevant passages, inspect pinpointed page citations, and jump directly to exact bounding box locations on the PDF page canvas.

## Steps

1. **Open your PDF** — Select a PDF file. Document text and page locations are indexed locally in your browser.
2. **Ask questions** — Type any question or request summaries. The local AI model generates grounded answers strictly from the document content.
3. **Trace citations** — Click any page citation pill to navigate directly to the exact page and highlight the source bounding box on the canvas.

## Common questions

### Are my PDF files uploaded to any AI server?

No. All extraction, chunk indexing, retrieval, and local AI model execution happen 100% inside your browser.

### How do citations work?

Every AI response includes clickable citation pills referencing the source page. Clicking a citation jumps to the page and highlights the exact text bounding box region.