ReadAware

Reading that remembers

ReadAware reads alongside you. It builds memory across your books, highlights, and conversations, so every page arrives with the context it deserves.

Free and local-first. v0.3.0.
The ReadAware library — a grid of book covers across many languages and formats.
Your library — every format in one place.

A calm place to read anything

Import a file and start reading. There is no conversion and no cloud upload; your highlights, notes, and place in the book attach to the original text and stay where you left them, in any format.

A chapter of a biography open in the ReadAware reader, set in a serif typeface.
A chapter of Isaacson's Musk, open in the reader.

It remembers what you read

Ask about a passage, a book, or your whole shelf. ReadAware draws on your highlights, notes, and earlier conversations, and keeps a durable memory of what matters, so it picks up where you left off.

The ReadAware assistant recalling the reader's whole library, reading progress, and preferences.
The assistant, working from your own reading.

In short

One engine, every format
EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, and PDF open in the same reader, with the same selection, highlights, and progress. Nothing is converted; the original file is what you keep.
Memory, not transcripts
Reading becomes memory the app can hold onto. ReadAware keeps what matters and brings it back when it's relevant, instead of replaying a long chat history.
Local-first and private
Your library and your memory live on your device. You bring your own API key, and the cloud is only there to sync between machines.

Get ReadAware

Free and local-first. Bring your own API key; your library and memory stay on your device. The latest release is v0.3.0.

Desktop builds aren't code-signed yet; macOS and Windows may ask you to confirm the app on first launch.