Products
AI Benchmark
Desktop
Mobile
Monthly visits
<5K
Sep 2026
Public revenue
Undisclosed
No public revenue evidence yet
Entry price
$5/mo
Lower than 70% of peersNiche median $8/mo
Creators
Luke Boyle
GitHub @heuwels
Launched
5mo ago
2026-06-19 · Est.

Traffic

Last 12 months
Monthly visitsData through Sep 2026 · Oct 2026 pending
Events3 marketing moves

Marketing moves

Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions

  • Launched on Product HuntLaunch

    Read real books in a new language, free and open source

    Aug 26 · 3mo agoLaunch page

    At the time: <5K visits/moVisits: next 2 mo +567%1 concurrent move

  • Launched on Show HN (2 pts)Launch

    Lector, a FOSS self-hosted language reader (with a cloud option) — I started building this to learn Afrikaans which has sparse support on language learning apps. It was costing me roughly $50 per month to…

    Aug 10 · 3mo agoLaunch page

    At the time: <5K visits/moVisits: next 2 mo +567%1 concurrent move

  • Launched on Show HN (4 pts · 2 comments)Launch

    Evaluating Local LLMs as language translators for my app — This is my first attempt at running an eval of this nature so would love some methodology feedback. I can't guarantee the sources weren't…

    Jun 19 · 5mo agoLaunch page

Third-party reviews & case dossiers

Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics
Show HN
2026-06-19Source
Post excerpt:
This is my first attempt at running an eval of this nature so would love some methodology feedback. I can't guarantee the sources weren't already in the model's inputs without getting novel translations from native speakers, but from my experience using the top models, they feel very accurate. Even encountering somewhat obscure texts from a relatively small
Show HN
2026-08-10Source
Post excerpt:
I started building this to learn Afrikaans which has sparse support on language learning apps. It was costing me roughly $50 per month to do my preferred learning routine. The LLM chat and journal corrections are excellent learning tools. It has grown to support 12 modern languages with more on the way. There's some excellent apps in this space (Lingq, Readl

Open Source & Self-Hosting

GitHub · MCP / Skill
heuwels/lectorSelf-hostableCommercial Open Source (COSS)
Last commit 2026-10-18
GitHub Stars
★ 4
Forks
1
License
See repository
Primary language
Docker / Self-hosted
COSS Monetization Path:Community Self-Hosted (Open Source · Docker) → Managed Cloud (from $5/mo)
View cloud pricing →
Browse peer open-source projects →

Traffic sources

Sep 2026

Traffic breakdown

Channels

  • Direct32%
  • Organic Search28%
  • Referrals13%
  • Display Ads7%
  • Other21%

Countries

  • United States100%

Search

Domain authority —Domain registered 2026-04-13

KeywordMonthly volume
lector8,670
koine greek translator590
koine greek reading practice470
qatgpt360
lectorcz270

Traffic data: Vaneform

Pricing

Free
Free
up to 10 collections, 200 texts · 10 words + 10 phrases a day · 1,000 AI glosses a month
Cloud
$5/mo
Billed annually $50/yr-17%
5,000 managed AI requests a month · 10,000 AI dictionary glosses a month · 300,000 characters a month of high-quality managed voices · 5 hours of audio transcribed a month · 1,000 texts
Cloud Plus
$12/mo
Billed annually $120/yr-17%
20,000 managed AI requests and 50,000 AI glosses a month · 1,500,000 characters a month of managed voices · 15 hours of podcast transcription a month · Unlimited journal writing, library, and phrase length
Self-hosted
$0forever
Unlimited everything, no caps

Trial: None · Free tier included · 2 paid tiers ($5–$12) · Up to 17% off annually · Observed 2026-11-03 · Pricing page

Entry price $5/mo, Lower than 70% of peers; “Language Learning” median is $8/mo.View pricing benchmark

Pages & changes

Tracked since 2026-08-10

Key pages

Weekly snapshots
lector.dev/ Snapshot 2026-11-03

Changes

No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.

Questions & evidence

How much does Lector cost?
Free: Free; Cloud: $5/mo (annual billing available); Cloud Plus: $12/mo (annual billing available); Self-hosted: $0forever. Observed 2026-11-03. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
How much website traffic does Lector get?
Vaneform estimates <5K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
What is Lector and what platforms does it support?
Lector is catalogued under Language Learning: Read your way into a new language.. Supported platforms: Web.
Is Lector open source?
Lector has a public repository (https://github.com/heuwels/lector) with its source repository published, recording 4 GitHub stars, and supporting self-hosted deployment.Source

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