Sometimes the best Bible app is the one that gets out of the way. Armorer is a free, open-source web reader for the King James Version built for anyone who wants nothing between them and the text, with no ads, commentaries, notes, or distractions.^1
Created by Jon Winsley, a church deacon studying biblical counseling, Armorer began with a simple frustration: while ESV.org offered a beautiful dark-themed reading experience, no comparable web reader existed for the KJV. "The web readers available for the KJV are generally terrible," Jon wrote, "with cluttered pages, no dark theme, and way too many features. Let's fix that."^2
The reading experience is built around intentional simplicity. Infinite scroll loads previous and next chapters as you read, and a clean verse-level URL scheme lets you bookmark or share a passage directly, for example armorer.io/psalms/119/#100, including verse ranges.^3 Search runs locally in the browser, and the reader works offline-first once its chapters and search data have loaded.^3 Armorer is now built with Preact and Vite.^3
Notable- Creator: Jon Winsley (glitchassassin), a church deacon studying biblical counseling, who also builds community for Christian entrepreneurs at Covenant Foundry.^4
- Open source: 116 commits on GitHub, with the latest commits on September 27, 2026, after a rebuild that moved the reader to Preact and Vite.^3
- Offline-first: chapters and search data are saved in the browser so the reader can start offline once loaded.^3
- Verse-level sharing: URL fragments select a single verse or a range, and copy-paste uses scripture-specific clipboard formatting.^3
Platforms: Web (any modern browser) Pricing: Free (open source)
