The Luminaria Blog

Readwise is excellent — but £7.99 a month is hard to justify if all you want is to browse, search and export your highlights. Luminaria is free, private, and built specifically for Kobo and KOReader users.

How syncing Kobo and KOReader highlights from Luminaria into Obsidian has changed the way I take notes, connect ideas, and actually remember what I read.

I read a lot and I highlight even more — but those highlights were just sitting on my device, out of reach. As a former privacy lawyer I also didn't want to hand my reading life to a third party. So I built something else.

A complete guide to getting your highlights off your Kobo — using the native Kobo export, the hidden config file method, and KOReader's one-tap export. Includes how to view them all in Luminaria.

An honest comparison of Readwise, Obsidian, Notion, Kindle's built-in tools, and Luminaria — what each does well, what it doesn't, and which one is right for you.

The features that actually make a difference — custom fonts, gestures, faster highlighting, auto warmth, Calibre integration, and syncing your highlights to Luminaria.