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TextStack

TextStack is a reading tool for developers tackling dense technical books like Designing Data-Intensive Applications, ML papers, or distributed systems texts. Tap any unfamiliar term, get a 2-3 sentence LLM-powered explanation that's aware of the book's domain —...

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What is TextStack?

TextStack is a reading tool for developers tackling dense technical books like Designing Data-Intensive Applications, ML papers, or distributed systems texts. Tap any unfamiliar term, get a 2-3 sentence LLM-powered explanation that's aware of the book's domain — "attention" in an ML book returns the ML meaning, not the everyday one. Surfaced terms enter a capped weekly spaced repetition queue (no infinite Anki backlog).

Key features:

  • Context-aware term explanations powered by OpenAI gpt-5-mini, swappable via the ILlmService interface
  • Capped weekly SRS queue across 5 stages: New, Recognition, Recall, Context cloze, Mastered
  • 1500+ curated technical and classic books in the public library, plus your own EPUB / PDF / FB2 uploads
  • Mobile app on Android (Google Play) and iOS (TestFlight)
  • Edge TTS pronunciation in 200+ voices, no API key required
  • Reading stats: heatmap calendar, streaks, daily goals, achievements
  • Offline reading via PWA + IndexedDB
  • Reader themes (light, sepia, dark), keyboard shortcuts, fullscreen mode

Self-hostable via Docker Compose. Licensed under AGPL-3.0 (OSI-approved open source). Built on ASP.NET Core 10, PostgreSQL 16, React 19, and React Native (Expo).