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  1. 1AO

    Hi HN! I've been working on BookWith, an open-source e-book reader that integrates AI as your reading companion. The problem: Traditional e-readers are passive. When you encounter something unclear, you have to context-switch to search for it. Your highlights and notes remain isolated, and you can't easily connect ideas across different books. My solution: BookWith embeds an AI that maintains full context of what you're reading. It features: - Context-aware AI chat: Ask questions about the current page/chapter and get instant answers - AI podcast generation: Automatically converts book…

    2025 · github.com

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    Discover, organise & discuss books

    2022

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    Bookself361

    The social reading app 📚💬

    2019

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    An effortless way to grow maximally with minimalist reading

    2023

  5. 5AM

    Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting. So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph. We also felt like…

    2022 · booqsi.com

  6. 6AO

    Hey HN! This is Tim from AnythingLLM (https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm). AnythingLLM is an open-source desktop assistant that brings together RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), agents, embeddings, vector databases, and more—all in one seamless package. We built AnythingLLM over the last year iterating and iterating from user feedback. Our primary mission is to enable people with a layperson understanding of AI to be able to use AI with little to no setup for either themselves, their jobs, or just to try out using AI as an assistant but with *privacy by…

    2024 · github.com

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    Chat with any book, only with its title & author

    2023

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    LaterAI116

    AI-powered reading, 100% on your device

    Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com

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    Let an AI read books for you

    2023

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    Stack 2.0145

    The social network of reading - powered by AI

    2017

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    Don’t read books alone

    May 2026 · libraryai.site

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    The book bingeing site to find your next great read

    2022

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    Ragna130

    100% private AI chatbot for desktop

    2024

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    Browse passages from books using experimental AI

    2018

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    The fastest way to know more

    2025

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    Read great books with your friends, family, or colleagues

    2021

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    Readr110

    A free reader that answers your questions and reads aloud

    4d ago · readr-ai.github.io

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    APIs for building AI chat and search

    Feb 2026

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    A simple book reader for Telegram 📚

    2018

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    Shared reading list and bookmarks for teams.

    2014

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    Read or listen to your book directly from Telegram!

    2018

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    A Developer Hub for your open source software

    2014

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    Your read-for-me agent for X bookmarks, emails & articles

    Apr 2026 · readingnotes.ai

  24. 24RA

    Hey HN! I built ProRead to solve the problem of getting stalled by walls of text in books or losing the big picture while reading. Key features: • Start from a bird's-eye view, then zoom into any level of detail • Interactive knowledge maps show how concepts connect • Seamlessly navigate between chapter summaries and original text • Ask questions in context with AI assistance • High-quality text-to-speech for any book, any level of summary • Upload any EPUB and start reading immediately We have 9 curated classics (Wealth of Nations, Crime and Punishment, etc.) ready to explore, plus you can…

    2025 · proread.ai

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