Luminaria
Private highlight manager for ereader users. Browse, search and export your e-reader highlights — free to start, no account needed.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
Features
Obsidian Integration- Knowledge Management
- Export kindle highlights
Notion Integration- Reading
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Luminaria information
Developed by
James Langton Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase that costs up to $31, and / or subscription that costs up to $4 per month + free version with limited functionality.Alternatives
47 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
What is Luminaria?
Luminaria is a beautiful, private web app for browsing and managing your e-reader highlights. Import from KOReader, Kobo, Kindle or Readwise and browse everything by book — with full-text search, favourites, and a rotating quote from your reading history surfaced every time you open the app.
Your highlights stay in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server unless you choose to sync. No account or password — just a personal token if you want sync features.
Free features:
Browse and search all your highlights Import from KOReader, Kobo (direct USB), Kindle and Readwise Merge highlights from multiple sources automatically Favourites and share-as-image Export to Obsidian (zip of markdown files) Manual KOReader sync
Premium (£2.99/month or £25 lifetime):
Export to PDF Export to Notion Automatic WiFi sync from KOReader Obsidian plugin for direct vault sync
Built by a reader, for readers. No ads, no tracking, no algorithms deciding what you read next — just your highlights, beautifully organised.
Comments and Reviews
Allows me to manage my book highlights
Finally a highlight manager that respects your privacy! I switched to Luminaria after getting frustrated with paying £7.99 a month for Readwise when all I really wanted was to browse and search my Kobo highlights. The import is genuinely seamles: plug in your Kobo via USB, select the database file, and your highlights are there in seconds. No exporting, no fiddling with files. The KOReader plugin means everything syncs automatically in the background whenever my device connects to WiFi. What I didn't expect to like as much as I do is the rotating quote on the homepage. Every time I open the app a random highlight from my library appears. It's a small thing but it's made me revisit passages I'd completely forgotten. The Obsidian integration is the killer feature for me. One markdown file per book, YAML frontmatter, chapter headings — it drops straight into my vault and works with everything else in my PKM setup.