karpathy/reader3
Quick illustration of how one can easily read books together with LLMs. It's great and I highly recommend it. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
40/100
- Activity 52
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 20
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 289
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 289
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3842 stars · 488 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A lightweight, self-hosted EPUB reader web app that presents books one chapter at a time so users can easily copy text into an LLM and read along with it. It is a small Python demo project by Andrej Karpathy, explicitly provided as-is without support.
Use cases
- read EPUB books alongside an LLM chapter by chapter
- self-host a simple epub reader with a local library
- copy book chapters into a chatbot for discussion
- load Project Gutenberg books for AI-assisted reading
When to choose
- you want a minimal local epub reader designed for LLM-assisted reading
- you want a simple Python/uv example to hack on with an LLM
When to avoid
- you need a full-featured epub reader with annotations and sync
- you need maintained, supported software
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
pdf llm-inference self-hosted developer-tools large-language-models developer-tools files python self-hosted cross-platform epub-reader llm-assisted-reading vibe-coded demo-project web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/karpathy/reader3 · fetched 2026-08-28 · 43f9f6fe50a7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| karpathy/reader3 | main | 40 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="karpathy/reader3")
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