| What it does | Reading tracker with spice ratings and trope tagging built for romantasy and BookTok readers
| Spend your time on the work, not the terminal
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| Based in | CA
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| Freemium
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| Pricing | Free forever: unlimited library, series tracking, reading timer, streaks, journal, quotes, spice ratings, trope tagging, friends, unlimited buddy reads, daily pick, and CSV export. LitList Plus: $5.99/month or $34.99/year for unlimited recommendation batches, mood and spice filters, all stats card t
| Free with 7-day Pro trial; xtty Pro US$29.90 one-time purchase, no subscription, activates up to 2 Macs
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| Key features | - 5-pepper spice scale for rating book steaminess
- 46 tropes searchable across your library
- Series tracker finds missing books in reading order
- Track physical books, ebooks and audiobooks together
- Unlimited buddy reads with spoiler protection
- Reading journal with mood tracking and quotes
- Shareable reading stats cards for social media
- Import libraries from other reading apps via CSV
- Family profiles to track children's reading
| - Metal GPU-accelerated terminal rendering on macOS, as fast as Ghostty
- Password autofill from macOS Keychain for configured prompts
- Saved remote-machine list with direct connections, batch connections, and jump hosts
- Duplicate Tab with same SSH host and remote working directory in independent session
- Broadcast keyboard input to selected panes
- Status and notifications for supported coding agents including Claude Code and Codex
- File transfer with sz and rz inside terminal workflow
- Local shell sessions with tabs, split panes, search, themes, fonts, and customizable keybindings
- System OpenSSH configuration and keys support
- Command palette for finding actions and saved SSH profiles
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| What makes it different | - Spice data only from readers, never scraped or AI-generated
- Private journal entries never used to train AI models
- Built by a single independent reader-developer in Canada
| - Metal GPU-accelerated rendering as fast as Ghostty for local terminal performance
- Built-in SSH workflows that reduce repeated steps without replacing existing OpenSSH setup
- Credentials stay secure in macOS Keychain with no account or email verification required
- Native macOS integration with familiar controls and Metal GPU rendering
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| Free plan | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 1 ● no change since last check | 5 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 4 | 6 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 15 | 23 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 4 | 12 |
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