Observed arrival · 2026-08-24

Vellum, a Reading Room for PDFs and the Web

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Editorial interest 78/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

Vellum is a Mac reading workspace that combines PDFs, saved web articles, blogs, annotations, and document-specific notes.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-24 issue.

Field notes

Vellum organizes PDFs, web articles, and blogs into a single library, with tabs or split panes for comparing documents. Its note model is unusually concrete: each document receives a Markdown Scratchpad with LaTeX and image support, alongside highlights, sticky notes, bookmarks, and portable PDF annotations. The page also describes offline copies, full-library search, reading-position recovery, and optional source-aware AI. Readwise Reader and Raindrop imports are presented as part of the workflow, while mobile versions remain planned.

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✦PrettyNotable craft visible

●ProPolished or operationally mature

◎NicheUnusually specific use

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