A searchable Library
Everything you highlight is saved with its note, color, and source, so you can search and organize all of your reading in one place.
A Safari extension for Mac
Save what you read.
et al. lets you highlight pages and add notes as you read, then find everything again later in your Library. It all stays on your Mac.
What makes et al. different
More than a highlighter.
In et al., you decide what each highlight color means. Rename them so one stands for something important, one for a point you disagree with, and one for a quote worth keeping, and you’ve created your own system for coding what you read. From there, et al. saves what you mark so you can find it, organize it, and return to it later.
Academic citations
Turn a source into a reference in APA, MLA, BibTeX, RIS, or CSL-JSON, with the page details kept and ready to edit.
Private smart features
On a Mac with Apple Silicon, ask a question about your highlights or get a short summary. It runs on your Mac, and nothing is sent to a server.
Yours, on your Mac
No account, nothing in the cloud, and a one-time purchase instead of a subscription.
Highlight and take notes
Mark what matters as you read.
Highlighting takes just a second. Select any text, and a small menu appears so you can add a color and a note. The color stays on the page, so your highlight is there the next time you open it. Your note stays attached too, so the thought you had while reading isn’t lost.
Yellow
Green
Blue
Pink
Find it again
Your Library keeps everything in one place.
Everything you save appears in your Library. Search your highlights, notes, tags, and page titles all in one place, then use folders, tags, and colors to organize and export your highlights and notes in a variety of formats.
Export and cite
Take your highlights and notes with you.
When you want to use your highlights and notes in another app, you can save them as a Markdown or CSV file. For research, et al. also preserves the page details for each source, so you can review them and export a citation in APA, MLA, BibTeX, RIS, or CSL-JSON format.
Optional smart features
A little extra help, right on your Mac.
On a Mac with Apple Silicon, et al. can do a few extra things with what you have saved. You can ask a question about your highlights, get a short summary, or get a few suggested searches. These run on your Mac using the On-Device Apple Intelligence Models, so nothing about your highlights or notes is sent anywhere.
Ask about your highlights
Ask a question about what you’ve saved and get an answer, or a short summary, based on your own highlights and notes.
Suggested searches
Get a few search ideas based on what’s in your Library, so you have a place to start.
Folder and tag name ideas
When you make a folder or tag, et al. can suggest a name. Nothing is moved or renamed unless you choose to.
Citation details
When a source is missing details, et al. can suggest the title, author, and date from the page you saved. You review them before you export.
Private by design
Private by design.
- No account. Nothing to sign up for and no password to remember.
- No tracking. I don’t collect anything about you, the sites you visit, or your notes.
- Nothing in the cloud. Your highlights, notes, folders, and tags stay on your Mac.
- Smart features stay on your Mac. They run locally without an internet connection.
- Pay once. When et al. reaches the App Store, it will be a single purchase. No subscription.
From et al Labs
Made by et al Labs in Baltimore.
et al. is independent Mac software, made by et al Labs in Baltimore. I built it because I wanted a simpler, more private way to save and return to what I read and research online.
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et al. is in beta on TestFlight, getting ready for the Mac App Store.
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