Tutor

Tutor is a self-hosted AI tutor that turns EPUB and PDF books into structured courses with lessons and tests.

Tutor is a personal AI application that teaches you from your own books or online documentation. You create a subject, add EPUB or PDF books, and the tool extracts concepts to build a course on a concept map. It runs locally on your computer and connects to a large language model from Anthropic, OpenAI, or OpenRouter using your own API key. The app guides you through diagnosis, study queues, interactive lessons, and tests to track your mastery. It supports features like chapter preview, model caching, and grade disputes.

Tutor at a glance

Best for: Student, Software engineer, Researcher
Runs on: Web, CLI, self-hosted
Pricing: Free and open source; uses your own AI provider API keys.
Released: October 2026
Category: AI productivity tool
Website: github.com/demetrius-edelin/tutor

Key features

Extract concepts from EPUB and PDF books
Generate structured concept maps
Test knowledge with custom questions
Maintain a study queue and review board
Cache model results for chapters
Support Anthropic, OpenAI, and OpenRouter models

Use it for

Learn a programming language from technical documentation
Study textbooks chapter by chapter
Turn online books into interactive courses

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