Tome - Read Together
Self-host ebooks + book clubs
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Tome turns the books you already own into a connected reading library you can share with friends and family.
Run your own Tome server with one docker command — no cloud accounts, no setup, no service to sign up for. Mount your books, paste a 6-digit code, done. Tome streams your ebooks and audiobooks to every device — phone, tablet, web — with reading progress synced across all of them.
Get started in three lines:
• docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -v /your/books:/library ghcr.io/tome-project/tome:latest
• In the app: Profile → Libraries → Host your own library → tap "My server is running"
• Open your-server:3000/setup, paste the 6-digit code
Read together, not alone:
• Friends — invite people you know with a code, then choose what they see (your library, your activity, your highlights, your reviews, your notes).
• Book clubs — pick a book, set a deadline, invite the club, and discuss chapter by chapter without spoiling anyone behind the pace.
• Social reading — see what friends are reading right now and how your pace compares on the books you both picked up.
Public-domain books, free forever:
A built-in Project Gutenberg catalog gives you tens of thousands of public-domain titles to download into your library at no cost.
You bring the books:
Tome is a self-hosted reading platform — you supply the ebook (.epub) and audiobook (.m4b/.mp3) files you legally own, and Tome reads them. Tome does not host, sell, or distribute commercial books.
Privacy you control:
Five separate privacy switches — Library, Activity, Reviews, Highlights, Notes — let you decide who sees each kind of thing you share. Block users you don't want to interact with, report content that violates the Terms, and delete your account at any time from inside the app.
Built for real reading:
• Lock-screen and Control Center playback for audiobooks
• Background playback that doesn't stop when the screen locks
• Highlight passages and write notes on what you've read
• Track reading streaks, set yearly reading goals, see your year in review
Tome is open source under AGPL-3.0. Self-host on a Raspberry Pi, NAS, Mac mini, or any always-on machine.
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• Offline downloads for multi-track audiobooks
• Series rails — browse books grouped by series
• Cleaner shared-library catalog (merged duplicate tracks)
• Highlights and reading polish throughout
The developer, Venture Quest LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Venture Quest LLC
- Size
- 44.2 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © Venture Quest LLC