The story
Built for people who love to read.
Gnos started as a frustration with reading apps that lived in the cloud, demanded a subscription, or quietly denied you ownership of your own books.
Reading is private. Your library should stay on your machine, in a format you own, behind an interface that gets out of the way.
No account unless you want one. No data ever leaves your computer.
Gnos
"Your personal reading space."
v0.1.0 · Early AccessPrinciples
What Gnos believes in.
Every product decision flows from a handful of beliefs about how software should feel.
01
Privacy is the default
Everything is stored on your machine. No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking. Fully offline, always.
02
Your content, your rules
No recommendations, no upsells. Bring your own books, notes, and audio. What you bring in is all that's here.
03
Beautiful defaults
Six hand-crafted themes out of the box. Great typography and spacing are non-negotiable, not extras.
04
Reading and study, together
Notebooks, flashcards, and sketchbook live right beside your books. Learn actively, without switching apps.
Supported formats
Bring your whole library.
Gnos opens the most common reading and document formats, with no conversion needed.
Roadmap
What should we build next?
Vote for the features you want most. Results are live and shape what gets prioritised.
Voting coming soon