Sharing a Bible passage in a sermon slide, group chat, or newsletter shouldn't require guessing which app your audience uses. route.bible solves that by turning any Bible reference into a clean, app-agnostic link or QR code that opens the passage in whatever Bible app or browser the reader already has.^1
Paste a reference like "John 3:16" into the builder, pick a translation (from KJV, ESV, NIV, NLT, CSB, NASB95, and more), and route.bible generates a shareable link and a print-ready QR code on the spot. When someone taps the link or scans the code, a launcher page lets them open the passage in their preferred Bible app — no sign-ups, no downloads, no friction.^1 You can even add a simple tracking tag (like my_church) to see where scans originate.^1
route.bible is part of the Selah Tools ecosystem, whose mission is to "turn spiritual intent into action" by removing friction from Scripture engagement in the everyday tools churches and developers already use.^2 A companion Chrome extension is in development that will linkify Bible references on any web page and resolve shorthand references on commentary-heavy study pages — all without collecting browsing data, setting cookies, or requiring an account.^3
Created by Dylan Shade, a University of Kentucky computer science graduate who also builds grab-bcv, an open-source TypeScript library for parsing Bible passage references from natural text and shared links.^4 The whole stack is developer-friendly and free to use.
Notable- Supports 10+ Bible translations with a clean launcher UI^1
- QR codes are print-ready for slides, bulletins, and handouts^1
- Chrome extension coming soon — linkifies references across the web with zero tracking^3
- Part of the Selah Tools suite alongside grab-bcv and upcoming products Exedra and Everyone's Scripture^2
- Completely free with no account required^1
