Personal research library
-Reader is for people who save serious articles and PDFs, then lose them among browser - tabs and undifferentiated bookmarks. It gives each source a quiet place to read, mark, - question, and find again. -
Saved article · 14 min
-A useful research system does not ask you to remember where the evidence lived. It - keeps the source close enough to inspect again. -
-The goal is not a larger reading list. It is a shorter distance between a claim, - the passage behind it, and the note you made while thinking. -
-That distance becomes the difference between collecting material and building - understanding from it. -
Illustrative interface — example text, not a customer document.
Input Article URL or PDF
Working surface Text, highlights, notes, audio
Way back Search, tags, lists, boards
Default Private
01 / THE READING LOOP
-Reader earns its place after “save.” The product carries one source through attentive - reading and back into reach when the thought becomes useful. -
Paste an article URL or upload a PDF. Reader keeps the source and prepares it for focused reading.
Web clutter falls away. The text, document structure, reading controls, and your place remain.
Highlight the exact passage, leave a note beside it, or listen when reading is not practical.
Search the library, return through tags and lists, arrange a board, or question the open source with AI.
02 / ONE WORKING LIBRARY
Web articles and PDFs live in the same library. PDF text is extracted for search and source-grounded discussion.
A typography-first view keeps highlights, notes, reading progress, and text-to-speech beside the source.
Full-text search, tags, lists, and boards give the same source more than one useful way back in.
Summaries and chat work over material you chose. Reader supports the Fleet gateway or browser-held BYOK keys.
Authenticated readers can import OPML and refresh RSS or Atom feeds manually, then save an item into the library.
Account data can be exported as JSON. Public sharing is an explicit action, not the default state.
03 / WHY IT EXISTS
“I wanted any article or PDF to become a focused reading and research surface instead of another forgotten browser tab.”— Product maker note
Capture Mozilla Readability prepares saved web pages; PDF uploads join the same library.
Evidence Highlights remain anchored to the passage that prompted them.
Return Search and organisation operate over the material and notes already saved.
Scope There is no social feed, recommendation engine, or paid team workspace.
04 / CURRENT BOUNDARY
-Reader is a mature personal-use product in maintenance-first support. The owner is not - using it enough to justify speculative features, so future work is limited to problems - that block the capture-to-reading loop. -
Without an account
Use the device-local path to capture and read without creating a Reader account.
With Google sign-in
Saved material is isolated per user; PDFs are stored behind an ownership-enforcing proxy.
Companion tooling
The MV3 companion exists for local unpacked installs. A public browser-store release is deferred.
Commercial state
The repository does not establish a permanent free promise or a paid offer, so this page invents neither.
05 / PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
No. Libraries are private by default. A shared article or board requires an explicit share action.
AI features operate on the material you open and ask about. Browser-held BYOK credentials are used per request and are not stored server-side.
The extension is currently available from source for local unpacked installation. Public browser-store distribution is deferred.
Yes. Reader includes a JSON export for account-scoped articles, boards, and lists.
OPEN THE LIBRARY
Start in this browser, or sign in with Google for the account-backed library.
Personal research library
Reader is for people who save serious articles and PDFs, then lose them among browser tabs and undifferentiated bookmarks. It gives each source a quiet place to read, mark, question, and find again.
Saved article · 14 min
A useful research system does not ask you to remember where the evidence lived. It keeps the source close enough to inspect again.
The goal is not a larger reading list. It is a shorter distance between a claim, the passage behind it, and the note you made while thinking.
That distance becomes the difference between collecting material and building understanding from it.
Illustrative interface — example text, not a customer document.
Input Article URL or PDF
Working surface Text, highlights, notes, audio
Way back Search, tags, lists, boards
Default Private
01 / THE READING LOOP
Reader earns its place after “save.” The product carries one source through attentive reading and back into reach when the thought becomes useful.
Paste an article URL or upload a PDF. Reader keeps the source and prepares it for focused reading.
Web clutter falls away. The text, document structure, reading controls, and your place remain.
Highlight the exact passage, leave a note beside it, or listen when reading is not practical.
Search the library, return through tags and lists, arrange a board, or question the open source with AI.
02 / ONE WORKING LIBRARY
Web articles and PDFs live in the same library. PDF text is extracted for search and source-grounded discussion.
A typography-first view keeps highlights, notes, reading progress, and text-to-speech beside the source.
Full-text search, tags, lists, and boards give the same source more than one useful way back in.
Summaries and chat work over material you chose. Reader supports the Fleet gateway or browser-held BYOK keys.
Authenticated readers can import OPML and refresh RSS or Atom feeds manually, then save an item into the library.
Account data can be exported as JSON. Public sharing is an explicit action, not the default state.
03 / WHY IT EXISTS
“I wanted any article or PDF to become a focused reading and research surface instead of another forgotten browser tab.”— Product maker note
Capture Mozilla Readability prepares saved web pages; PDF uploads join the same library.
Evidence Highlights remain anchored to the passage that prompted them.
Return Search and organisation operate over the material and notes already saved.
Scope There is no social feed, recommendation engine, or paid team workspace.
04 / CURRENT BOUNDARY
Reader is a mature personal-use product in maintenance-first support. The owner is not using it enough to justify speculative features, so future work is limited to problems that block the capture-to-reading loop.
Without an account
Use the device-local path to capture and read without creating a Reader account.
With Google sign-in
Saved material is isolated per user; PDFs are stored behind an ownership-enforcing proxy.
Companion tooling
The MV3 companion exists for local unpacked installs. A public browser-store release is deferred.
Commercial state
The repository does not establish a permanent free promise or a paid offer, so this page invents neither.
05 / PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
No. Libraries are private by default. A shared article or board requires an explicit share action.
AI features operate on the material you open and ask about. Browser-held BYOK credentials are used per request and are not stored server-side.
The extension is currently available from source for local unpacked installation. Public browser-store distribution is deferred.
Yes. Reader includes a JSON export for account-scoped articles, boards, and lists.
OPEN THE LIBRARY
Start in this browser, or sign in with Google for the account-backed library.