// apps: web, desktop, tablet, phone, browser
Your library, wherever you read.
Every app opens the same projects, papers, notes and highlights. Use the big screen to write and compare, the tablet to read closely, the phone to catch up, and the browser to save what you find.
The whole workspace, nothing to install.
The web app is where everything lives. It is the only place you need if you work from one computer, and the home base for everything the other apps sync to.
- Library, reader, summaries and cited questions
- Writing in rich text, LaTeX or Typst, with citations from the library
- Comparisons, the citation graph, analytics and progress
- People, roles, project settings and credits
The research workspace, with your papers on disk.
Projects, reading, questions, discovery, comparisons and the graph in a native window. Keep chosen papers on your machine and keep reading wherever the Wi-Fi gives up.
- Read and add notes offline; changes send when you reconnect
- Write in LaTeX or Typst with library citations; edit Plain writings in the browser
- Conflicting edits kept for you to resolve
The Mac App Store manages updates for its copy. If you move from the direct download or Homebrew, sync pending changes and quit that copy first; the Store copy starts with a fresh offline cache.
macos with homebrewmacOS 13 or later
brew install --cask distari-ai/tap/distariInstalls the same signed app as the download. Distari updates itself, under Distari › Check for Updates, so brew upgrade leaves it alone unless you add --greedy. brew uninstall --cask distari removes it.
windows betaWindows 10 · 11 · x64
Download the installerThe installer isn't signed yet, so Edge calls it uncommon: open the download's … menu, choose Keep, then Keep anyway. If Windows says it protected your PC, choose More info, then Run anyway. Distari installs for your user without administrator rights, appears in the Start menu and checks for updates itself, under Help. Remove it from Settings › Apps.
ubuntu · debian with aptUbuntu 24.04 · Debian 13 · x86_64
sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
wget -qO- https://downloads.distari.com/apt/distari.gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/distari.gpg > /dev/null
printf 'Types: deb\nURIs: https://downloads.distari.com/apt\nSuites: stable\nComponents: main\nArchitectures: amd64\nSigned-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/distari.gpg\n' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/distari.sources > /dev/null
sudo apt update && sudo apt install distariAdds Distari's signed repository, then installs the app system-wide with the libraries it needs. Updates arrive through sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade, and sudo apt purge distari removes it. Older releases (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12) aren't supported. The global quick-note shortcut works only in an X11 session.
linux betaArch · Manjaro · x86_64
curl -fsSLO https://downloads.distari.com/linux/distari-install.py
python3 distari-install.pyInstalls for your user in ~/.local and adds Distari to your applications menu. It checks for updates itself, under Help, and distari-update uninstall removes it. First install the system libraries with sudo pacman -S --needed gtk3 libx11 libxi libsecret libkeybinder3 enchant hunspell hunspell-en_us; KDE Plasma and GNOME already provide the keyring and notifications it needs. The global quick-note shortcut works only in an X11 session.
// 03 tablet + phone: iPadOS · iOS · Android
Read closely on one. Catch up on the other.
One native app that reshapes itself for the screen. Read PDFs, revisit summaries and keep downloaded papers available offline. Tablets also offer Ask and project notes. Writing, comparisons, the graph and project settings open on the web or desktop; the phone focuses on reading and the library.
tablet
A reading desk you can hold
- Pin notes to the page, anchored on every device
- Read summaries, then return to the original paper
- Keep whole folders for offline reading
phone
Your library in your pocket
- Search titles, full text and comments
- Summaries and PDFs, even offline
- Highlight passages and discuss papers
Save the paper you are looking at.
On a publisher or preprint page, one click reads the citation, fetches the PDF with the access you already have, and files both in the project you choose. If the PDF is out of reach, the record still comes in.
- Fetches the PDF with the access your browser already has
- Pick the project, folder and tags before you save
- Save buttons on supported search-result pages
// what each app does
Each shaped for its screen, all on the same project.
| webavailable | desktopmacOS · Windows & Linux beta | tabletiPadOS · Android soon | phoneiOS · Android soon | extensionChrome · Firefox | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library, folders and search | yes | yes | yes | yes | save only |
| Summaries | yes | yes | yes | yes | — |
| Read PDFs and annotate | yes | yes | yes | highlights and comments | — |
| Offline reading | — | yes | yes | yes | — |
| Add papers | upload | pick a PDF | share sheet | share sheet | from the page |
| Cited questions | yes | yes | yes | — | — |
| Discover papers | yes | yes | yes | yes | — |
| Writing: rich text, LaTeX, Typst | yes | LaTeX / Typst | — | — | — |
| Compare and citation graph | yes | yes | — | — | — |
| People, roles and project settings | yes | yes | People; settings on web | — | — |
yesin partin validation
// connecting a device
Connect once. Stay in sync.
Apps never ask for your password. You approve each one from the web, and you can disconnect any of them from your account.
- install01
Install the app
Get the desktop, mobile or browser app and choose “connect to Distari”.
- approve02
Approve it on the web
A browser window opens on your account. Approve the device there; the app receives its own revocable key.
- sync03
Pick up where you left off
Highlights, notes and new papers appear everywhere. Work done offline waits in an outbox and sends when you reconnect.
// download
Get distari for your devices.
// the macOS app is on the Mac App Store and available as a direct download for macOS 13 or later; the Windows beta needs Windows 10 or 11 on x64; the iPhone and iPad app is on the App Store for iOS and iPadOS 15 or later; the extension is on the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons; Android follows validation. The web app works today: Sign up for free →
Start on the web. Add devices as you go.
Free has no time limit. Start with welcome usage for processing papers, asking questions and writing help (1,000 credits). No card needed. Once per person, from first verified sign-in; welcome credits expire after 30 days. Reading, notes, organising, citations and Plain writing with PDF export stay free, with no time limit. When your welcome credits end or expire, stay on Free and choose Pro for more.