Research a complex topic
Gather papers, articles and notes in one collection. Search all of it and compare sources. With Pro, you can ask questions and get answers that cite the original passages.
Getting started
Get started in five steps
Install FlowReader, save something worth reading, read it your way, mark what matters and find it again later.
01
Install FlowReader
Add the browser extension for Chrome or Firefox, or install the desktop app. Both give you the full app. Each one keeps its own library until you turn on sync, which is part of Pro.
02
Save your first item
Save the page you’re on, import a PDF or an ebook, paste some text or follow a feed. Whatever the source, it lands in your library as a clean document.
03
Choose how you want to read
Use Normal for everyday reading and Pacing when your attention needs a nudge. Book suits anything with chapters, and RSVP gets you through a text quickly. Press M to switch without leaving the text.
04
Highlight what matters
Highlight passages, add notes to what you selected, and set bookmarks. Close the item whenever you like, and FlowReader opens it again where you stopped.
05
Find it again
Search the full text, your notes, highlights and chapter titles. Open a result, and the reader takes you to the exact passage that matched.
Those five steps are the core. The reading modes, the sources and the knowledge graph build on them.
In practice
Three ways to put it to work
Keep up without tab overload
Follow RSS feeds, arXiv topics, Hacker News and Lobsters in one place. With Pro, newsletters arrive in your library too. A Monitor can also watch the sources you choose for you.
Get through a long reading list
Filters and reading progress show what you’ve started and what’s still waiting, so you can decide what to read next.
Start with the next thing you want to read
Get the desktop app or the browser extension.