NewThe VS Code extension is outOpen Reader

The books you keep,read the way you like.

Open Reader is a local-first reader for your own library — EPUB, CBZ comics, Markdown, HTML and plain text. Your files stay in your browser: no account, no upload, no one watching which page you are on.

Open your libraryGet for VS CodeVS Code forks
  • EPUB
  • CBZ comics
  • Your own fonts
  • Five reading themes
A chapter, full width
In the editorA chapter, full widthProse typography in its own tab — never your code font.
Read beside your work
In the sidebarRead beside your workA scrolling reader panel that keeps its place while you build.
Every knob, live
In your handsEvery knob, liveType, rhythm, margins and themes, previewed as you drag.
Local-first
Stored in your browser
Private
Nothing is uploaded
No account
Open a file and read
Works offline
Once a book is in, it stays

What you get

A reader, not a reading service

Your whole shelf

Every book you add, listed with author and how far in you are.

Chapters, not files

The table of contents is parsed out of the book, so you navigate by chapter.

Picks up where you stopped

Chapter and scroll position are both remembered, per book.

Typography you own

Serif, sans, mono or dyslexia-friendly, at the size and rhythm you want.

Two-page columns

Flow the chapter into newspaper columns when the window is wide.

Images and comics

Cover art and embedded illustrations render inline, CBZ pages included.

Offline by default

Once a book is in, it opens with the network switched off.

Nothing phones home

No account, no analytics, no upload. The file never leaves the device.

Reading themes

Paper for the hour you are reading in

Five presets built in, or pick your own background and ink. The same set ships in the editor extension.

  • Follow the app

  • Warm Ivory

  • Classic Sepia

  • Dark Parchment

  • OLED Midnight

In your editor

Ships as an extension, too

Install the VSIX and the same library lands in your sidebar: a scrolling reader panel under the book list, chapters that open as real editor tabs, and a settings page that restyles both as you drag. It is a plain VS Code extension, so the forks take it unchanged.

  • VS Code
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf
  • VSCodium
  • Antigravity
  • Any OpenVSX fork
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Your shelf

A library that never leaves your machine

Drop in your files and they are parsed on the spot, then kept in your browser's own storage. Close the tab, come back next week, and the shelf — and the page you stopped on — are still there.

stored locally

Your typography

Set the page to your eyes, not a designer's

Serif, sans, mono or a dyslexia-friendly face. Size, weight, line height, letter spacing, margins, columns, and a reading theme for the time of day. Every change lands in the page as you make it.

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Built in the open

A reader you can read the source of

Same reader on the web and inside VS Code. Both are open source — read the parser, file an issue, or take it apart and make your own.

View the source

Bring your own books.

Drop in an EPUB, CBZ, Markdown, HTML or text file and start reading. Nothing to sign up for.

Open your library