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Introducing Slab: quiet tools with your AI in the loop
A Markdown editor for the Mac, a reading app for the iPad, and one idea underneath: your documents stay yours, and the AI that helps you is the one you already have.
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SlabWhy bring-your-own-AI beats a chatbot in every app
Every tool now ships its own AI — another subscription, another context silo, another chat history you'll never find again. There's a better architecture, and it's the one Slab is built on.
Slab ReaderThe AI reading workflow: mark it up, get answers in the margin
Reading is where the thinking happens, but your AI lives in a chat window. Here's the loop that joins them — pencil highlights your assistant can read and reply to.
Slab ReaderLooking for a Readwise Reader alternative? Bring your own AI instead
Readwise, Matter and Instapaper rent you their AI features. Slab Reader connects the assistant you already pay for — at a quarter of the price. An honest comparison.
Slab PadA Typora and Ulysses alternative for the AI era
One payment, plain Markdown files, and a local MCP server so your own AI works inside the editor. Where Slab Pad fits among the Mac writing apps.