Project Status

The app is live in preview at app.openscripture.io. Compare translations, explore original languages, and see where and why translations differ — all in your browser. Recent rounds of route hardening and adjacent-chapter prefetch make page-to-page reading noticeably snappier.

Composite, Published, AI Translation, and Interlinear modes are live for supported Bible passages. 1 Enoch remains a published-only text because OpenScripture does not have original-language alignment for that base text.

Search across translations with advanced query syntax. Find a phrase, a Strong's number, or verses in a range.

Personal study tools: color highlights, notes, universal chapter bookmarks, and Word/Verse Locks. Verse Locks pin full verses for smooth translation-aware customisation; Word Locks tie a source-language word (by Strong's) to your chosen rendering so repeated vocabulary becomes easier to learn.

The web app works well on phones today. Native iOS and Android releases, including offline reading, remain on the roadmap.

KJV, YLT, ASV, BSB, WEB, LSV, DRA, Brenton's LXX, and JPS TaNaKH 1917 are available in the reader. BSB and WEB add modern public-domain Protestant options, while LSV is available under its free-use licensing terms. JPS 1917 remains the public-domain Jewish translation already in OpenScripture; modern NJPS is a separate licensing target.

The full NASB 2020 is now in the app, all 66 books, along with more than eighteen thousand publisher study notes. Licensed by The Lockman Foundation through their Free Distribution Permission Agreement, which means NASB is permanently free in OpenScripture — no paywall, ever.

The full NET Bible Second Edition is live across all 66 books, including the famous Translator Notes — a scholar's commentary on almost every verse. Licensed through Biblical Studies Press / bible.org. The Translator Notes are surfaced in the verse drawer alongside other study material.

The REV ships as the default translation in the app, with extensive commentary integrated. Permission has been granted by Spirit & Truth Fellowship, and structured-data sync work keeps the text and notes aligned with their latest revisions.

Applications are in progress for ESV, NLT, CEB, NRSVUE, The Message, and CEV. Each one broadens the Protestant, ecumenical, and accessibility-focused options in the comparison view.

NJPS is a tracked licensing target for modern Jewish English coverage. JPS 1917 already covers the Tanakh in public-domain form; NJPS would be the modern complement Jewish readers most often ask for.

The Standard English Version of 1 Enoch is in the app — a single-book translation outside the standard canon, drawn from the Ethiopic. Free distribution per Winter Publications. Important for readers studying the apocalyptic background of the New Testament.

These publishers currently require an established user base before they will license to a new app. Every person who shares OpenScripture helps us cross that threshold. If these are your preferred translations, spreading the word is the single most effective thing you can do.

Future targets include NABRE, CSB, TLV, NJB/RNJB, ISV, EOB, and DBH. These matter for broader Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, academic, and evangelical coverage, but they are not the current licensing queue.

Three translation styles (formal, dynamic, paraphrase) × three emphases (accuracy, readability, devotional) = nine renderings for supported Bible text, generated from source-language mode rather than by paraphrasing copyrighted English translations. Dynamic/Readability remains free; the full nine open up on Premium. Source-word links appear where alignment data exists and continue to be audited; 1 Enoch is excluded from AI generation.

Tap supported words to see the Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek root, Strong's number, part of speech, and frequency data. Coverage is strongest across the Protestant canon, is expanding into Catholic and Orthodox additional books, and is not available for 1 Enoch.

The reader is usable, but the full-Bible certification pass for word taps, glosses, and interlinear alignment is still active.

In passages that have not completed the latest review pass, an original-language word link or gloss may occasionally be corrected later.

Use the verse text and comparison drawer as the primary reading surface, and send feedback from the reader if a word link looks surprising.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge cross-references — showing how verses echo across the canon — are integrated for the Protestant canon. Scholarly cross-references for the deuterocanonical books are being generated.

Tap a verse to read its publisher commentary directly. NET Translator Notes and the NASB study notes surface in a side drawer, loaded a chapter at a time so they appear instantly. The source tabs now pulse and auto-scroll to the verse you tapped, so the right note is easier to find.

OpenScripture brings scholarly manuscript-certainty data into the reader where imported scores exist. Stable readings stay quiet; more debated readings can be marked at the level you choose. We hope to add UBS 6 apparatus material when licensing allows.

Circled-numeral symbols show where generated and reviewed translation-difference data identifies meaningful variation between renderings. They stay distinct from publisher footnote markers and help reduce unnoticed bias from any single familiar rendering while full-corpus explanation coverage continues to expand.

Listen to any translation. Planned for after the core text rollout is further along.

Sign in with email or Google. Highlights, notes, bookmarks, and preferences sync across devices.

Core features — translation comparison, reader-visible Scripture text, source-language tools where data exists, and commentary — will always be free, with two Word Locks and five Verse Locks in Free/Guest mode. Guest locks stay local; signed-in Free accounts sync the same allowance. Premium unlocks unlimited Word Locks, unlimited Verse Locks, and the full nine AI translation combos. Eligible early adopters receive six months of Premium automatically after signing in. Join the newsletter for the official launch email, when paid checkout opens.

Typography controls, theme options, and density settings are live. Screen-reader polish is ongoing.