Independent
software.
Built to be useful.

Brilliant Dog is the home of useful, characterful software for security teams, document-heavy work and curious minds.

Our Apps

Product 01 Web

Know what matters.
Patch what matters.

Live vulnerability intelligence that brings CVE records, exploit context and practical remediation guidance into one searchable, source-backed place.

NVD
CISA KEV
EPSS
Refreshed hourly

Explore CVEDatabase ↗ Bluesky ↗

The CVEDatabase.com homepage showing CVE search and live trending vulnerabilities

Product 02 Windows

PelicanPDF

Sixteen PDF tools.
Nothing leaves your PC.

Compress, OCR, combine, convert, stamp and lock down PDFs locally. No uploads, no account, and no subscription required.

Private by design
Works offline
16 tools
Buy once

Meet Pelican PDF ↗

Pelican PDF application interface showing its Compress workspace

100% local & private

Product 03 Web app

BrilliantDog

Your documents,
ready for questions.

An AI document workspace for finding the detail that matters across PDFs, Word files, spreadsheets and more—with answers grounded in your own sources.

Document chat
50+ formats
Cited answers
Knowledge bases

Open BrilliantDog ↗

Board papers•••

What changed in this quarter’s risk profile?

Three material changes stand out. The largest is the increase in supply-chain exposure…

SourcesQ3 Board Pack.pdf · pages 18–21Risk Register.xlsx · sheet 2

Ask a follow-up ↑

Ask. Find. Understand.

About the Developer

Founder-led.
Product-obsessed.

Brilliant Dog Ltd is an independent UK software company founded by Austen Draper.

The company creates and operates focused software products across cybersecurity, document tools and AI-assisted research.

Email Austen ↗

Company: Brilliant Dog Ltd
Founded: 2024
Based: Proudly in NE England
Company no.: 15757186 ↗

Get in touch!

[email protected] ↗

Company & partnerships[email protected] ↗ Product support[email protected] ↗ Founder[email protected] ↗ Code & releasesGitHub ↗

Independentsoftware.Built to be useful.

Our Apps

Know what matters.Patch what matters.

Sixteen PDF tools.Nothing leaves your PC.

Your documents,ready for questions.