Glossa beta

Free while in beta, with every feature unlocked. For Macs running macOS 14 Sonoma or later (Apple silicon or Intel).

Download Glossa 0.9.1 beta

New in 0.9.1: open any web article, arXiv paper or PDF link with File › Open Link… (⇧⌘O). 3.4 MB disk image, hosted on GitHub.

Install in three steps

1. Open the download and drag Glossa onto the Applications folder.
2. Open Glossa from Applications. macOS will say it can't verify the developer. Click Done.
3. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down to "Glossa was blocked", and click Open Anyway. Confirm with your password. From then on, Glossa opens normally.

Why the warning?

Glossa isn't on the Mac App Store yet, so Apple hasn't checked this build. It's sandboxed like App Store apps, has no account, no analytics, and never rewrites your PDFs. Once Glossa launches on the App Store, the warning goes away.

Set up the AI

Open Glossa › Settings › AI and pick one:

• Apple Intelligence — free and on your Mac (turn it on in System Settings › Apple Intelligence & Siri).
• Ollama — free local models; see Support for setup.
• Your own key — OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI or Gemini for the strongest answers.

Tell us what you think

Use Help › Contact Support in Glossa, or email glossareader@gmail.com. Bugs, ideas and "this confused me" are all welcome.