NELA
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NELA

Neural Engine for Local Analysis.

Your private AI workspace on desktop — run models on this device, or sign in for optional NELA Cloud.

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What can NELA do for you?

Explore high-impact workflows — local-first by default, with optional NELA Cloud when you want hosted tiers.

Real Interface Preview

See how the workflow looks in NELA

This is the actual desktop interface users work with while generating podcasts and running document intelligence tasks.

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Podcast Generation Workflow

Turn rough notes, long research docs, or meeting transcripts into polished multi-speaker podcast episodes — indexed and synthesized in Private mode on your machine.

Structured scriptMulti-speaker audioExport-ready episode
  1. 1Upload notes, PDFs, links, or transcripts into NELA.
  2. 2Generate a draft script with speaker roles and segment flow.
  3. 3Refine tone, duration, and speaking style for each segment.
  4. 4Render local text-to-speech output and export your final episode.
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Document Intelligence Workflow

Build a private knowledge layer from your files so teams can ask precise questions, compare documents, and extract actionable answers instantly.

Context-grounded Q&AFast summariesActionable insights
  1. 1Drop in PDFs, slides, docs, and reference material.
  2. 2Let NELA index and embed your content locally for retrieval.
  3. 3Ask natural-language questions and get grounded responses.
  4. 4Create summaries, decisions, and next-step outputs from your sources.
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Local-first privacy

Private mode keeps chat and document inference on your machine. Your library is indexed locally. Switch to Cloud only when you choose — prompts and chat attachments then use NELA Cloud.

Data privacy

Open models, your way

Load open-source GGUF models on-device, or use NELA Cloud Fast / Smart / Deep when you want hosted quality tiers without downloading a large local model.

Open models

Private or Cloud — you choose

Work offline-capable in Private mode after models are installed. Sign in for optional NELA Cloud when you need internet-backed tiers, credits, and richer artifact generation.

Private or Cloud

Local models & NELA Cloud

Three simple steps to a local-first workspace — with optional Cloud when you need it.

STEP 01

Install NELA

Download the desktop app and load local GGUF models — or sign in later for optional NELA Cloud Fast / Smart / Deep.

Download NELALocal GGUFOptional Cloud
STEP 02

Add your data

Feed in PDFs, PowerPoints, Word docs, audio, and more. The document library indexes on this device; Cloud chat attachments are disclosed when you send them.

PDFsPPTsDocsAudioAny Format
STEP 03

Get intelligent responses

Chat, mindmaps, podcasts, and artifacts — powered by your local models in Private mode, or NELA Cloud when you switch.

Interactive ChatsMindmapsCloud tiers