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Beta: Now accepting authors

Your git repo
is a bookstore.

GitTrove is where authors and creators sell digital content using the tools they already know. Push chapters to a git repo. Set a price or give it away free. Your readers get the book. You keep control of every word.

$4.99
Chapter 1 of 24 1,856 words
Aaron
by Daniel Roy Greenfeld
Aaron grinned. He had gotten this far, beating out larger men. His wiry strength was the result of a youth spent training to use the most powerful bows. He squatted down, wrapped his arms around the small boulder, and pulled it into his bare chest. He grunted and pushed his legs straight while carefully arching his back just a tad...

The platform powering free and paid books on readernaut.app

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Hosting git repos for Readernaut, Writernaut, and WordVoyage content

How it works

Write it.
Push it.
Sell it.

No upload forms. No manuscript conversion. No proprietary formats. If you can push to git, you can sell on GitTrove.

1

Write in Markdown

Each chapter is a Markdown file. Add a book.json with your metadata. That's your book. No special formats, no lock-in.

chapters/01-the-door.md
2

Push to GitTrove

Create a repo. Push your chapters. GitTrove hosts the git repo and handles access control for your buyers.

git push gittrove main
3

Set your price

Add a .gittrove.toml to your repo. Set a price or make it free. You set the price. We handle access control, delivery, and payments.

price = 4.99
4

Readers find you

Your book appears in the Readernaut app, where thousands of readers discover and read serialized fiction. Push a new chapter and readers get notified.

Published to readernaut.app
What you can sell

More than books.

📖

Serialized Fiction

Publish chapter by chapter. Readers follow along as you write. Free or paid. You choose for each book.

chapters/ → Readernaut app
100%
ownership. Always yours.
🔌

App Plugins

Extensions for Readernaut, Writernaut, and WordVoyage. Sold directly to app users.

v2.1.0 → app install
📦

Python Packages

Private PyPI index backed by git. Your users pip install with their token.

pip install → token auth
🧩

Templates & Starters

Scaffolds, boilerplates, design kits. Buyers clone and build.

git clone → start building
🎓

Courses & Datasets

Educational content with code. Research data with provenance.

lessons/ → version history

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Powered by
GitTrove

The engine behind
readernaut.app

Every book in the Readernaut app is a GitTrove git repo. When an author pushes a new chapter, readers see it instantly. Free books, paid books, serialized fiction that updates weekly. All powered by git.

Start with one story.

GitTrove is in private beta. We're accepting authors, plugin developers, and creators who want to sell what they build.

Apply for beta access