Case study · Folio
A reading year you can plan, not just log
Folio is a book tracker for reviewing, planning, and discovering a year of reading, designed to feel like a private study at night.
- For
- Readers
- Role
- Design, engineering
- Status
- In use
The problem
Most reading apps are built around logging what you already finished. I read a lot, and what I wanted was help deciding what to read next and seeing the shape of a whole year of reading.
What I built
Folio treats a reading year as a plan. You can line up what's next, review what you've finished, and see progress across the year in one place.
Private by defaultEverything is stored in the browser. No account, no social feed, nothing to manage.
Designed like a study, not a dashboardWarm tones and book-like typography, so opening it feels like sitting down with a book rather than checking metrics.
The result
Folio is how I plan and track my own reading, and it shows how design can shape the feeling of a tool as much as its features.
Built with React · TypeScript · Vite · IndexedDBstuott/folio