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Pitak

Parallel Line Foundation

Privacy-first offline library catalogue with an encrypted lending vault

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Opens the official F-Droid page

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About Pitak

Pitak is a privacy-first, offline personal library catalogue. Catalogue your books, lend them to borrowers from an encrypted vault, keep a wishlist, import/export your data, make portable backups, and optionally publish a read-only library site.

Features:

* Library — add, edit, search, sort and filter books; soft-delete with restore; on-device cover capture; ISBN barcode scan with metadata lookup (Open Library → Google Books, chained and cached).

* Borrowers vault — a persistent, AES-256-GCM encrypted store for borrowers and loans, unlocked by a passphrase (Argon2id key derivation). Optional biometric unlock.

* Wishlist — track books to acquire; move them to the library on purchase.

* Import / Export — JSON, CSV (including Goodreads import), and paginated PDF export with Indic-script support.

* Backup / Restore — portable .pitabak archives.

* Publish — optionally push a read-only library viewer to GitHub Pages, with PII redaction.

* App-lock — optional biometric/device-credential gate before the library screen.

Privacy posture: local-first by default. Sensitive data lives in the platform Keystore; secrets are held as wipeable bytes. Network calls happen only on explicit user action (ISBN lookup, publish, opt-in remote covers). Screenshots are blocked while sensitive data is visible.

The cryptographic core is written in Rust and built entirely from source.

What's new in 1.5.1

* New: map pins show names — your own library and hubs always, any other pin on tap (tap the name for details and directions). * New: "Confirmed by member" badge — a hub's membership claim is now told apart from a member's confirmed yes. * New: map button on the home screen jumps straight to the network map. * "Add bookmark" button on the Library network screen replaces the top-right link icon.

How to install Pitak

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open Pitak from your app drawer.

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