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On the recordRead 15 Oct 202649 facts
Lector
Plans and prices
Free
Free
10 collections · 200 texts · 10 words + 10 phrases/day tap-to-translate · 1,000 AI glosses/month
Read 15 Oct 2026 · lector.dev
Self-hosted
Free
Every feature · unlimited usage · data stays on your hardware · own LLM keys or local model
Read 15 Oct 2026 · lector.dev
Cloud
$5a month, billed yearly
5,000 managed AI requests/month · 10,000 AI glosses/month · 300,000 voice characters/month · 5 podcast hours/month
Read 15 Oct 2026 · lector.dev
Cloud Plus
$12a month, billed yearly
20,000 managed AI requests/month · 50,000 AI glosses/month · 1,500,000 voice characters/month · 15 podcast hours/month
Read 15 Oct 2026 · lector.dev
On the record
- AI and language tools
- The tutor and writing correction can use the Claude API or a local model, while AI translation can fall back to an on-device dictionary.lector.dev · read 7 Oct 2026
- AI providers
- Supported optional AI backends include Anthropic Claude and OpenAI-compatible servers such as Ollama, LM Studio and vLLM.lector.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- AI tutor and journal
- The built-in tutor answers grammar questions and corrects journal writing with explanations, using Claude or a local model.lector.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Anki
- Lector sends mined words and phrases to Anki as Basic or Cloze cards, and its beta add-on syncs reviews back.lector.dev · read 7 Oct 2026
- Anki integration
- Lector supports two-way Anki synchronization through its beta Lector Sync add-on, while local self-hosts can use AnkiConnect.lector.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- API client generation
- The API documentation gives an OpenAPI Generator command for producing a typed TypeScript fetch client.lector.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- API extensibility
- API settings allow provider-key storage for Anthropic or OpenRouter, model selection and OpenAI-compatible endpoint discovery on self-hosted deployments.lector.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- API import endpoints
- Documented endpoints import EPUB files, audio, YouTube captions and URL-extracted articles, and expose collection, lesson, progress and statistics operations.lector.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Audio and video
- Users can import YouTube transcripts with timestamps or upload podcasts for transcription and listen-along playback.lector.dev · read 7 Oct 2026
- Cloud data
- The privacy policy says cloud content is stored to provide the service and may be sent to a translation provider, and says content is not used to train models or sold.lector.dev · read 7 Oct 2026
- Cloud region
- The homepage says Lector Cloud stores data in AWS us-east-1 and users can export it at any time.lector.dev · read 7 Oct 2026
- Cloze practice
- Practice uses frequency-ordered Tatoeba sentence pairs with multiple-choice or typed answers and spaced repetition.lector.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company maker
- The product site identifies Luke Boyle as its builder, while his personal site says he is based in regional Australia.lukeboyle.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The docs cover installation, environment variables, backups, OIDC multi-user login, Tailscale and HTTPS, reading features, language packs and the REST API.lector.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent limit: language-pack gaps
- The Reddit post says Japanese and Korean have dictionaries and reader support but no cloze banks yet.reddit.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent limit: model dependence
- The Reddit post identifies rich translation, grammar tutoring and journal correction as the only functions requiring a model or API key.reddit.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent praise: feature parity
- The Reddit author states the cloud and self-hosted versions are the same application without an open-core split or feature separation.reddit.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent praise: installation
- A Reddit self-hosting post highlights that deployment uses one docker compose command and SQLite without an external database.reddit.com · read 15 Oct 2026
