PDFAnnotations - Extract PDF highlights to Notion & Obsidian — 100% Local

Turn PDF highlights into structured notes instantly. PDFAnnotations is a privacy-first, local-browser tool designed for your Second Brain. 🔒 100% Local: Files never leave your browser. Total privacy for your research & docs. 🚀 PKM Ready: One-click export to Notion, Obsidian, and Markdown with clean formatting. 🎨 Smart Filters: Sort and export by color or annotation type. ✍️ Live Preview: Edit and format your notes side-by-side before saving. No accounts. No uploads. 100% Free.

Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Max Lin (@maxlinbuilds), and I’m a heavy PDF reader. Like many of you, my biggest frustration wasn't reading, but retrieving the knowledge I’d highlighted weeks later. I tried several online converters, but two things bothered me: I didn't want to upload my private research and documents to a random server. The output was always a mess of unformatted text that required another 30 minutes of cleaning. That’s why I built PDFAnnotations. I wanted something that was: ✅ Local-first (using WebAssembly for speed and security). ✅ PKM-ready (instant formatting for my Obsidian and Notion workflows). ✅ Free & Simple (no "Sign up to download" traps). I’d love to hear your feedback! Are there any specific Notion templates or other export formats (like Logseq or Heptabase) you'd like to see next? Let’s unlock your PDF knowledge together! 🚀

PDFAnnotations - Extract PDF highlights to Notion & Obsidian — 100% Local

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