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Products that do what Virtualine does

A minimalist virtual reading ruler for ultimate focus.

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Read Ruler▲90
Sort Pocket articles by reading time
2015
2
Focusmate▲371
Distraction-free productivity via virtual coworking
2019
3
Reader Mode 2.0▲347
Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2025
4
FocusLine – Reading Ruler & Line Reader▲1
Reading ruler & line reader that follows your cursor.
Aug 2026
5
Dim Notes▲332
Auto-tags your thoughts
Nov 2025
6
Hemingway Desktop App▲218
An editor that makes your writing bold and clear.
2014
7
Rkiez▲121
Focus, tasks, stats, daily schedule boost productivity
2024
8
Readmill▲69
A beautiful e-book reader for iPhone, iPad and Android
2013
9
Desklamp▲133
Remember everything you read and revise faster
2022
10
Minimal Reading Mode ▲91
Optimize websites for reading: font, contrast, night mode
2019
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FocusNotch▲88
Transform your productivity
2025
12
Focus Note▲94
Crisp note taking app
2019
13
Focus journal▲68
A free journal to help you focus on what's important
2019
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Slate Focus▲7
A reading ruler that dims everything except your line
Jul 2026 · ruyzambrano.github.io
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MiniAi▲85
Select text, hit (⌥ space), get AI explanations
Apr 2026 · miniai.dev
16AO
An open-source e-book reader for conversational reading with an LLM▲86
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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Slicereader▲62
Easy focused reading one paragraph at a time
2014
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Adhd focus reading ruler▲1
Turn your mouse into a reading ruler
Feb 2026 · iloveadhd.app
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focus.txt – A Minimalist Daily Planner▲27
2023 · focustxt.github.io
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FocusRead▲10
Read faster on any website with bionic reading.
Jul 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com
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Outline▲21
Outline V2: Notes, tasks, ideas. Reimagined.
Jun 2026 · outlinetasks.com
22HA
Hyphen – A beautiful, powerful, and robust eBook Reader for iOS▲34
2015 · hyphenreader.com
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NotebookLM Calibre Plugin▲5
I am not sure if this is useful for anyone else but I recently found myself converting a lot of books / magazines and content to NotebookLM Deep Dives, so, I wrote this quick plugin to do that in single click. I find this is a nice way to go through a lot of content (during commute etc.) and pick interesting stuff to read. Think of it as skimming a book and deciding to read it.
26d ago · github.com
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A new way to read books, magnifying in and out▲7
After watching The Odyssey, I thought it would be cool to check out some scenes from the source in detail, but I don't have time to read the whole book. So I came up with a sort of zoom/microscope, that allows to see the whole book at a glance and then zoom in (by pinching) on the part I'm interested in. I can do so down to the actual source text and get the authentic feel the author intended, at the same time I better understand where am I in the text and also the character and places are clickable so I can quickly orient myself on the context. Moreover each character has relationships…
18d ago · book.curiora.space

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