There are thirteen on my workbench right now. The first one out is for people writing a story long enough that readers lose track of it, and the next is for people who resell stuff they find at thrift stores. After that it gets kind of all over the place, which is probably not how you're supposed to do this.
They run on your own computer or phone, and if one ends up costing money, it'll cost money once. Chapterglass and Weregild are out; the rest are still being made.
Hi, I'm Jake. It's just me, for now. A lot of these started as something I built for my own games or my own home server, and then couldn't stop fiddling with.
Mimir is the oldest. I run a few tabletop games and keep way too many notes in Obsidian, and I wanted the right note to just show up when somebody said a name, without me digging for it. It's been running at my table for about a year. Shelfmend started after a duplicate cleanup ate a book in my own audiobook library, which is why it's so careful now. And Vault Herald exists because I share world notes with my players, and one careless link would spoil something.
At some point it seemed like other people might want these too. So now I'm doing the less fun parts (installers, license codes, privacy pages) and trying to make them work for people who aren't me.
There are a few things I'm not going to budge on. None of them want an account. Anything paid is meant to cost money once, not every month, and most of the paid ones will have a free license for anyone who can't swing it. Accessibility is never a paid extra. And anything that goes online says what it sends, and most of that is off until you turn it on.
Also, nothing here will nag you. There are no streaks to keep up. I'd find that annoying too.
A lanternwright is someone who makes lanterns. It seemed like a nice thing to be named after.
Got a question, a bug, or a “why doesn't it do X”? Write to support@lanternwright.com. That's me too!
Sorted by who I think they're for. Each page says what works so far, what's still missing, and the last time I actually checked.
Stuff found at thrift stores and estate sales, and numbers that live in a spreadsheet or nowhere.
Web app, works offline
NetkeepWhat each sale actually made, worked out from the reports you already download.
It shows which purchases actually paid off.
As of
One long story, a map, and readers who lost track of it somewhere around chapter forty.
Browser app, no account
ChapterglassA map of your series that stops at the chapter each reader is on, published as files on your own site.
Your map can finally keep a secret until chapter eleven.
As of
These came out of running my own games, which is probably why there are three of them.
MimirWindows app
Live D&D transcription that pulls the right card from an Obsidian vault as names come up. OneNote, Evernote and Notion are next.
Prop PressOne HTML file, works offline
Newspapers, letters, wanted posters and more for a tabletop game, ready to print.
Vault HeraldObsidian plugin and command-line tool
Publish your Obsidian world to Foundry VTT and a player wiki, minus the GM secrets.
Smaller things that help with ordinary days. Whatever accessibility features they have are free, and they'll stay that way.
Windows app
Live captions for everything a Windows PC plays, shown right on top of the game or call.
Browser extension
The reading aids that usually take a handful of extensions, in one calm toolbar.
Web app, works offline
A pacing and symptom diary for people with post-exertional malaise, built to work on bad days.
One offer in hand and a few days to answer.
Web app, works offline
CounterOne job offer in hand? Find out what to ask for, and whether it beats your current job.
You are always worth more.
As of
Running a server at home, and liking it that way. All three are open source at the core.
Self-hosted, with a web UI
One searchable index of every coding-agent session, on every machine you own.
All 13 on one page, with screenshots and what each one keeps on the device
Most recently, on September 30, 2026: Kindstart, type something you're avoiding, right on the page.
Two of them are out so far, and the other eleven will trickle out as they're finished. One email when something ships, and nothing else.
Rather use email? Write to support@lanternwright.com and I'll add you.
