Your AI-enhanced sanctuary for deep reading
Save any web article, read it in a distraction-free reader, and let AI connect it back to everything else you've read. Version 0.6.2 simplifies AI setup to one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, key, and model.
Desktop · iOS · browser extension · local-first · no account required
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.
Highlight, annotate, connect
Drag to select any text to open the highlight toolbar. Notes live beside the text and back-link into your library.
A theme that respects the page
Sepia, gray, or true dark modes. Typography kept deliberate: serif / sans / mono with proper CJK fallbacks.
Download LightYou
Version 0.6.2 · early alpha. Showing assets that exist on the latest release.
Unified AI services setup
Settings now uses one OpenAI-compatible Base URL, API key, and model field. Provider switching no longer leaks old keys, and saving settings no longer depends on a live AI connection check.
LightYou on iPhone and iPad syncs with desktop through your own WebDAV server — same library, read anywhere.
Chrome and Edge extension builds are published from GitHub Releases when packaged.
Use this link instead of a versioned zip URL so the page does not point at a missing extension asset.