Windows app
FreeOpen source, no account
- Works offline, with nothing sent anywhere
- Built-in AI that runs on your own graphics card
- Any folder, external drives and OneDrive's online-only files
- Connects to your web library, so your work follows you
Every RPG book you own. The exact page you need.
Bibliotaph turns the PDFs, e-books, maps and handouts scattered across your drives and cloud storage into one library you can search page by page. Prep takes minutes, not an evening of opening files.
- No account needed on Windows
- Your files never move
- No ads, no tracking
The covers in this picture are public-domain books from the Internet Archive.
Reads your books right where they are
- Windows folders
- External drives
- OneDrive
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- Box
- WebDAV and Nextcloud
A great library is only great if you can find things in it.
“I know that table is in one of these PDFs.”
“We just bought the bundle. Which of these do I already own?”
“Session starts in an hour, and the map is… somewhere.”
SEARCH
Search inside every page you own.
Words, quoted phrases and fields such as type:adventure level:3, across the text of every book, every e-book and every scanned page. Results show the books and the pages inside them, with your words highlighted, one click from the page itself.
- Filters for game system, type, character level and players
- A field guide under the search box with every value you have
- Ask in plain English, with answers that cite the book and page
CATALOG
A catalog that fills itself in.
Game system, type, levels, players, setting and more, from file and folder names, the book's own details and its text, and from RPGGeek, Open Library and Google Books for a book that prints its ISBN. Switch on AI, running on your own PC or with your own key, and it reads each book and quotes the page it found every value on. Anything it can't quote, it throws away.
- You check the exceptions, not every book
- Your corrections always win, and survive a reread
- Adventures inside a compilation found with their own pages
AT THE TABLE
Friday's session, in one binder.
Pull the pages you need from any book into a binder for the session, in order, with your notes beside them. At the table, step from the crypt map to the bog hag's stats to the abbot's letter without hunting through files.
- A reader for PDFs and e-books, with page numbers that match the printed ones
- Notes on any page, found again when a new printing arrives
- Collections for a campaign, favorites and pins for what you use most
ONLINE LIBRARIES
The books you own online, beside your files.
Books on D&D Beyond and Demiplane join your library with a link to read them there. Purchases on Humble Bundle and DriveThruRPG are listed with where to download them, until the file is in your library. One click on your library page brings them in, with covers. Bibliotaph never sees your passwords.
Ready in three steps.
- 1
Point it at your books
Choose your folders, drives or cloud storage. Nothing is copied, moved or renamed.
- 2
Let it read
Bibliotaph reads every page, recognises scans, joins duplicate copies and fills in the catalog.
- 3
Find anything
Search, filter and open books at the right page, and build binders for the table.
On your PC, on the web, or both.
Bibliotaph on the web
By invitationWhile it settles in
- Your library in any browser, and as an app on a tablet or phone
- OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and WebDAV
- Each book read once on the server, which keeps no copy
- Your Windows PCs' work and AI results, everywhere
No invitation yet? Ask for one.
Your books, your rules.
Only ever read
Bibliotaph never moves, renames, edits or deletes a file, and knows each by its contents, so a moved book keeps everything.
Private by design
No ads, no tracking, nothing sold. The web version keeps your catalog, never a copy of your books.
AI is optional
Everything works without it. When it's on, it runs on your PC or with your own key, and it shows its sources.
Open source
Free software under the GNU GPL. Read the code, build it yourself, or follow along on GitHub.
Good to know.
Does Bibliotaph change my files?
Never. It only reads them, wherever they are. Your corrections, notes, collections and binders live in Bibliotaph's own catalog, which you can back up and export.
Which games does it work with?
Any. D&D, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, indie zines, maps and handouts: if it's a PDF, an EPUB, a Kindle book or a picture, Bibliotaph reads it, ZIPs included.
Do I need AI?
No. Search, filters, binders and the catalog all work without it. AI fills in details faster, and on Windows it can run entirely on your own computer.
What does it cost?
The Windows app is free and open source. The web version is free while it's open by invitation.
Can it open protected PDFs?
A PDF with a password asks for it, and Bibliotaph respects a book's copy restrictions. It never guesses passwords or removes DRM.
Will my work follow me between computers?
Yes. Connect the Windows app to your web library, and your corrections, notes, collections and binders merge both ways, on every PC and browser you use.
Your next session is already in your library.
Bibliotaph finds it.