Castor
Fully Offline & Local-First OpenRouter BYOK Ready

Your Voice, Untethered.
Private Speech Studio.

Read articles, PDFs, and documents aloud without ever sending your data to the cloud. Fully offline synthesis powered by local ONNX transformers, with optional Bring-Your-Own-Key cloud speech.

Active Document Reader

The Odyssey of Speech

"Human speech is a delicate mechanism of waves. In the local sandbox of the modern browser, Castor processes and synthesizes language directly, guaranteeing absolute privacy."

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Kokoro Local Engine (ONNX)
On-Device Processing
  • PDF / DOCX Ingestion (Web Workers)
  • IndexedDB relational catalog metadata
  • OPFS high-performance WAV audio storage
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Engineered for Privacy & Convenience

Everything you need for an immersive, robust document listening experience, packaged in an offline-first PWA.

100% Local-First Privacy

Your private documents remain strictly private. Speech synthesis and parsing run inside secure browser sandboxes, preventing external server leaks.

Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)

Plug in your personal OpenRouter API key. Encrypted at rest via Web Crypto AES-GCM with zero platform fees, no credit lock-in, and direct provider billing.

Hybrid Cloud Boost

Seamlessly switch to high-performance remote models like Gemini Flash, Voxtral, or Orpheus for premium cloud voice capabilities under user consent.

Offline-First Library

Keep your reading list stored directly on your disk via Origin Private File System (OPFS) binaries and IndexedDB relational catalogs. Listen anywhere, anytime.

Simple, Transparent Structure

Listen locally for free, connect your personal OpenRouter key, or top up your USD wallet on demand.

Free Tier

Local Reader

$0 / forever

Synthesize speech locally on your device with no limits and absolute privacy.

  • Unlimited Kokoro 82M Local ONNX synthesis
  • Unlimited local IndexedDB/OPFS storage
  • PWA background keep-alive support
Start Listening Free
Zero Platform Fees
Developer Choice

Bring Your Own Key

$0 / Castor fees

Connect your personal OpenRouter API key. Pay your AI model provider directly with zero Castor credit markups.

  • Direct OpenRouter billing (0 Castor credits consumed)
  • Bypass wallet top-ups & admission queues
  • Hardware-encrypted at rest (AES-GCM 256-bit)
  • Gemini Flash, Voxtral, Orpheus & more
Connect Your Key
Managed Cloud

Cloud Wallet

Pay-As-You-Go / USD wallet

No API keys required. Load your prepaid USD wallet to invoke premium remote models and voices on demand.

  • Hassle-free managed cloud proxy access
  • Free monthly starter grant replenishment
  • Multi-language cloud voice strategies
  • Secure cloud backup & library sync
Top Up Wallet