The original stays itself.
Pull out the PDF whenever you choose. Its bytes stay unchanged.
A native format experiment from Cyberdelic OS
A file, with room
for its context.
Bring a PDF, a post, a video passage and a voice together. Keep their sources and interpretations within reach.
Drop a .else or PDF.
On your deviceOpen a .else to read or edit it. Start with a PDF to create one. Nothing is uploaded.
Compose a mixed .else: PDF, post, passage and voice
Your files stay in this tab. Save a copy to keep your work.
What can I open?
Standalone two-readings .else files up to 64 MiB. Create from one PDF up to 12 MiB and 200 pages, with up to 65,536 characters of selectable text. Mixed-material files open here too. The mixed composer adds social references, YouTube passages and voice notes. Encrypted PDFs and OCR remain unsupported.
One PDF / Two interpretations
Make room for context.
Your PDF stays unchanged. Only the source information and interpretations you enter here travel beside it. This draft stays in this tab until you save it.
The material and its interpretations remain distinct.
Save the PDF to open, print or send it through your usual apps.
Where it came from
Source information is declared. The file’s fingerprints check its bytes, not a person’s identity.PDF text (extracted)
AI-readable context
Inspect source and evidence
The file is a score
Carry the difference.
A PDF has its own life. Context gives it another. .else makes room for both, without asking an interpretation to become the original.
Different readings can coexist.
Keep each interpretation with its contributor. Human and AI words are labelled separately.
Keep a source in view.
Carry declared origins and byte fingerprints. The mixed reader preserves editions and checks signed contributions from Carry.
A small experiment between Carry’s use and Dear Elsewhere’s encounter. Read Field Note 45 for the artistic direction.
An ordinary desktop companion
Take .else with you.
Read, create and edit .else files offline. Keep the original PDF and its context within reach, with normal open and save dialogs.
macOS 13+: Apple silicon and Intel · Windows x64 · Linux x64
Linux Debian package · Sample .else
About the desktop downloads
Experimental app, version 0.3. macOS uses a local signature and is not notarized by Apple. Windows has no publisher signature. The Linux download is an AppImage; a Debian package is also available. See installation and source-build details.
