Readr

Spec sheet

Product

Readr is a self-hosted, AI-native read-it-later app and knowledge graph engine.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Deployment

The README provides a Docker Compose example that runs the gjames8/readr:latest image on port 8080 and mounts a local data directory.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Free plan

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com

Integrations

Locally saved Markdown articles and chat histories can be backed up or synced with Obsidian and Logseq.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository states that Readr is released under the MIT License.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker

The repository identifies Greg James as the copyright holder; the maker's GitHub profile lists Chicago.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

AI chat

Users can query their reading collection with OpenRouter models and reference notes using @ mentions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Background agents

Background agents extract Open Knowledge Format YAML frontmatter and discover semantic links to existing articles.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Graph context

An optional setting lets AI include connected notes and backlinks from one hop of graph edges in its context.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Interface

The project describes a Vue frontend, Go backend, and full dark mode support.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Knowledge graph

Global and per-article force-directed graph views map relationships between articles, tags, and wikilinks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Live updates

Server-sent events send background-agent completions and graph changes to the browser without a page refresh.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Markdown links

Readr supports bidirectional wikilinks and backlinks, including aliased links and hover previews.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Portability

Articles, metadata, and chat histories are stored locally as Markdown and can be backed up or synced with Obsidian and Logseq.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security policy

The security policy lists 1.x.x as supported for security updates, marks versions below 1.0 as unsupported, and asks users to report vulnerabilities through a GitHub issue.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security reporting

The security policy says to report vulnerabilities by opening a GitHub issue.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Storage

Articles are saved as Markdown files on disk and tracked in a SQLite database.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Templates

Custom Jinja templates can control the formatting, frontmatter, and layout of ingested articles, with domain-based matching.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Read-It-Later Apps#28 of 286.7
• Read-later apps#28 of 286.6