reader3

Source

• Source kind: github-repository
• URL: https://github.com/karpathy/reader3
• Discovery source: https://github.com/karpathy/reader3
• License: NOASSERTION
• Distribution policy: public-summary-local-archive-only
• Public mirror status: summary-only
• Content hash: e2e59d5fd3e365bea4ae1809268107c4897c0e83626788d8de5f98df9a0832d1
• First seen: 2026-05-15
• Last changed: 2026-05-15

Classification

• Primary category: LLM training and inference systems
• Corpus source note: 2026-05-15-karpathy-public-corpus
• Project taxonomy: karpathy-project-taxonomy
• Idea map: karpathy-idea-map
• Topic hub: karpathy-public-work

Summary

reader 3 !$1Alightweight,self-hostedEPUBreaderthatletsyoureadthroughEPUBbooksonechapteratatime.ThismakesitveryeasytocopypastethecontentsofachaptertoanLLM,toreadalong.Basically-getepubbooks(e.g.$1 has many), open them up in this reader, copy paste text around to your favorite LLM, and read together and along. This project was 90% vibe coded just to illustrate how one can very easily $1. I’m not going to support it in any way, it’s provided here as is for other people’s inspiration and I don’t intend to improve it. Code is ephemeral now and libraries are over, ask your LLM…

What This Teaches

• How modern LLM training or inference can be reduced to compact, inspectable systems.
• Useful as a reference for building mental models of GPT-style models without hiding behind framework scale.

Why It Matters

This is high-priority for Vipin because it connects directly to LLM systems, evaluation, and research implementation judgment.

Repository Snapshot

• Full name: karpathy/reader3
• Default branch: master
• HEAD: 64960f99d8d3c2eaaec56c6765b4c1aeae14c80b
• Stars at crawl: 3622
• Forks at crawl: 458
• File count: 10
• README path: README.md
• License path: “
• Created: 2025-11-18T02:37:00Z
• Updated: 2026-05-15T18:21:06Z
• Pushed: 2025-11-18T02:37:51Z

Top-Level Structure

• [root]: 8
• templates: 2

File Extension Profile

• .html: 2
• .py: 2
• .gitignore: 1
• .lock: 1
• .md: 1
• .png: 1
• .python-version: 1
• .toml: 1

Tags / Release-Like Markers

• No git tags found in the shallow local clone.

Sample File Tree

• .gitignore
• .python-version
• pyproject.toml
• reader3.png
• reader3.py
• README.md
• server.py
• templates/library.html
• templates/reader.html
• uv.lock

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