A macOS Quran reading companion with word-by-word tracking in a Dynamic Island-style overlay.
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Wirdi is a macOS app that helps you maintain a daily Quran reading habit. It displays ayahs word-by-word in a Dynamic Island-style overlay at the top of your screen, tracks your reading progress, and reminds you when it's time for your next session. All processing happens on-device — no accounts, no cloud, no data leaves your Mac.
brew install davut/wirdi/wirdiDownload the latest .dmg from Releases
Requires macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Works on Apple Silicon and Intel.
Since Wirdi is not notarized, macOS may block it on first open. Run this once in Terminal:
xattr -cr /Applications/Wirdi.appThen right-click the app → Open. After the first launch, macOS remembers your choice.
- Word-by-word display — Ayahs shown with authentic Uthmanic Hafs, Nastaleeq, or IndoPak script
- Reading progress — Remembers where you left off across sessions
- Configurable reading length — Choose how long each session is (10 seconds to 30 minutes)
- Reading reminders — Configurable intervals with snooze support
- Estimated completion — Shows how long it will take to finish the Quran at your pace
- Word Tracking — Real-time word-by-word highlighting as you speak, using speech recognition with Arabic-aware fuzzy matching
- Classic — Auto-scrolling at a constant speed (no microphone needed)
- Voice-Activated — Scrolls when you speak, pauses when you're silent
- Dynamic Island overlay — A notch-shaped overlay at the top of your screen, always on top
- Floating window mode — A draggable window you can place anywhere, with optional glass effect
- Multi-display support — Follow your mouse across displays, or pin the overlay to a specific screen
- 3 Quran fonts — Uthmanic Hafs, Nastaleeq, IndoPak with adjustable size
- 6 highlight colors — White, yellow, green, blue, pink, orange
- Right-to-left layout — Native RTL support for Arabic text
- macOS 15+
- Xcode 16+
cd Wirdi
open Wirdi.xcodeproj
Build and run with Cmd+R.
Wirdi was inspired by and built on top of Textream by Fatih Kadir Akin.
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