ReadForge

Local-first AI-assisted book creation and reading

Forge your own stories.

ReadForge is a local-first Android app for creating and reading AI-assisted books. It helps you generate prompts, share them to the LLM app you prefer, and paste the results back into a structured library.

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Core workflow

  1. Create a book (title/description/purpose are optional)
  2. Generate a prompt for TOC or a chapter
  3. Share the prompt to any LLM app (LLM-agnostic)
  4. Paste the response back to import and store locally
  5. Read with a full-featured reader

What you get

  • Local-first storage: your library lives on-device (SQLite/Drift)
  • LLM-agnostic: share to your preferred AI app
  • Reading tools: themes, bookmarks, highlights, and notes
  • Customizable prompts: writing style, tone, vocabulary, language
  • Export/import: backup and portability via JSON

Languages

ReadForge includes UI translations for 12 languages (including English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and Russian).