LightYou
0.3.0 alpha · expect bugs

Your AI-enhanced sanctuary for deep reading

Save any web article, read it in a distraction-free reader, and let on-device AI connect it back to everything else you've read — without shipping your library to a SaaS.

Download for free Also on iOS

Desktop · iOS · browser extension · no account required

LightYou desktop app — Home view with the subscriptions drawer open and the Today briefing.

Built for people who read to think

Not another Pocket clone. Not another AI chatbot. A tool that respects the act of reading.

Local-first by default

Articles, highlights, and notes live on your device. No account, no cloud we control, no data broker. Uninstalling the app wipes everything it knew.

Own your sync

Bring your own WebDAV endpoint — Nextcloud, Fastmail, any S3-compatible provider with a WebDAV front. Zero vendor lock-in.

On-device AI

Transformers.js embeds your library locally so related-articles, topic folders, and semantic search work offline. Your reading never leaves the machine unless you opt in.

True reader, not a clipper

Mozilla Readability + Defuddle extraction, bilingual segmented translation, focus mode, serif / sans / mono with CJK, and keyboard nav (J / K / / / S / R).

Save in one keystroke

Paste a URL, hit Enter, done. LightYou fetches the article, cleans it up, and files it under the right source automatically.

Quick Save modal with a URL pasted and ready to save

Highlight, annotate, connect

Drag to select any text to open the highlight toolbar. Notes live beside the text and back-link into your library.

Article with a highlighted paragraph and the notes sidebar open

A theme that respects the page

Sepia, gray, or true dark modes. Typography kept deliberate: serif / sans / mono with proper CJK fallbacks.

LightYou in dark mode with a rendered article

Download LightYou

Version 0.3.0 · early alpha. The app will auto-update itself from this release onward.

macOS

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Apple Silicon (M1+)

.dmg

First launch: right-click → Open (unsigned alpha).

Windows

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10 or newer · x64

.msi

SmartScreen: More info → Run anyway (unsigned alpha).

Linux

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x64 · AppImage / .deb

.AppImage

Also available: lightyou_0.3.0_amd64.deb · lightyou-0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm

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Also on iOS

LightYou on iPhone and iPad syncs with desktop through your own WebDAV server — same library, read anywhere.

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App Store
Save from the browser

Chrome and Edge extension. Right-click any page, or hit the toolbar button, to drop it into your WebDAV inbox — the desktop app picks it up on the next sync.

Chrome · Edge
Browser extension (.zip)

Not yet in the Chrome Web Store. Extract the zip, open chrome://extensions, flip on Developer mode, then Load unpacked.