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Your personal
reading space.

Books, audio, notes, flashcards, and sketches everything private and for you.

No tracking · Your data stays on your device

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What's inside

Six tools. One quiet app.

Read, listen, write, study — without switching apps.

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E-Reader

EPUB and PDF. Six themes. Full typography control.

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Audiobooks

MP3 and M4B. Chapter nav. Variable speed.

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Notebooks

Markdown and LaTeX, rendered live as you type.

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Flashcards

Spaced repetition. Build decks from notes or import.

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Sketchbook

Infinite Excalidraw canvas, beside your library.

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Private

No accounts. No tracking. Stays on your machine.

Gnos e-reader — Moby Dick in clean two-column layout

E-Reader

Reading that feels right.

EPUB and PDF. Six hand-crafted themes. Type, size, spacing, all yours.

  • Sepia, dark, moss, cherry, sunset, light
  • Highlights and bookmarks
  • Chapter-level progress
Gnos audiobook player — Great Expectations with chapter list

Audiobooks

Listen the same way you read.

Drop in MP3 or M4B. Chapters auto-detected. Resume where you stopped.

  • Chapter list with one-click jump
  • Variable speed, 30s skip
  • Per-book progress saved
  • Light and dark player
Gnos flashcards — DaVinci Resolve shortcuts deck in study view

Flashcards

Remember what you read.

Spaced repetition built in. Decks from your notes, or import your own.

  • SRS scheduling, review only what's due. Or everything if that's what you want.
  • Tabbed deck workspace
  • Study, list, and edit modes
  • Keyboard-driven flips
Markdown LaTeX Code

Calculus I — Limits & Continuity

The formal definition of a limit:

lim x→a f(x) = L

if for every ε > 0 there exists a δ > 0 such that whenever |x − a| < δ it follows that |f(x) − L| < ε.

Notebooks

Notes that keep up.

Write in Markdown. LaTeX, code blocks, and headers all inline.

  • Live Markdown preview
  • KaTeX math
  • Syntax-highlighted code
  • Attached to any book
Gnos sketchbook — Excalidraw canvas

Sketchbook

Think on infinite canvas.

Diagram, annotate, map ideas, without losing your thoughts.

  • Excalidraw infinite canvas
  • Shapes, arrows, freehand
  • PDF page as background
Gnos reading profile — streaks, heatmap, top books

Analytics

Build the habit.

Daily reading time, streaks, and a 12-week heatmap.

  • Daily and weekly time
  • Per-book progress
  • 12-week activity heatmap
  • Streak tracking

Six Built-in Themes

Light, dark, and everything between.

Sepia, light, moss, dark, cherry, sunset — or follow the system.

Light Gnos light mode
Dark Gnos dark mode

Availability

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Linux

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