# Folio is a free PDF reader and editor that works with your ChatGPT subscription

> Original title: Introducing Folio - a great PDF reader and editor.

- Source: X search: AI launch posts (introducing, just launched)
- Published: 2026-10-30T01:02:50.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/degnizioqulnoziepul6e80hn
- Original: https://x.com/MatthewBerman/status/2115972661767745903

## Summary

Folio, a free open-source PDF reader and editor, offers reading, editing, signing, highlighting, and note-taking, and it is AI-ready. Users can connect their own ChatGPT subscription to use it. The project is hosted on GitHub under Forward-Future.

## Post

Introducing Folio - a great PDF reader and editor. 

It's not flashy, it's not bloated, and it's completely free. 

PDF reading, editing, signing, highlighting, note-taking, AI-ready. Use your own ChatGPT subscription. 

https://github.com/Forward-Future/folio

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## Quoted post @MatthewBerman

> I am completely custom-software-pilled.
> 
> I've already built custom (free) versions of: 
> > Adobe Acrobat
> > Device Monitor
> > 1of10 YouTube Tracker
> 
> Software is DONE.

https://x.com/MatthewBerman/status/2115927670907392409