Book summaries and YouTube, distilled.

The best ideas from books and YouTube, in your pocket.

Distill turns long videos and non-fiction books into swipeable cards. Read the core ideas in a few minutes, not hours.

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Core Idea 1

"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."

Core Idea 2

More learning, less watching.

Pull the ideas out of long videos and books, so they end up in your head instead of your watch-later queue.

YouTube import

Paste any link or share from YouTube. Distill reads the transcript and pulls out the core ideas, arguments, and quotes in seconds.

Book summaries

A curated non-fiction library, pre-distilled into chapters, bullets, and key takeaways. Built for reading on your phone.

Follow creators

Follow your favorite YouTube channels. Distill turns every new video into swipeable cards.

From endless feed to three clear ideas.

Same process whether the source is a 90-minute video or a 300-page book.

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Drop in a source

Paste a YouTube link or pick a book from the library. No setup required.

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Distill extracts the ideas

We analyze the full transcript or text and pull the principles, arguments, and quotes that matter.

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Swipe and save

Swipe through the cards. Save the ones that hit and build a library you can come back to.

Feed your mind, without the filler.

Great books and long videos are full of gold, but digging it out takes hours. Distill extracts the ideas and shapes them for how you actually read on a phone.

  • Swipe through ideas like a social feed.
  • Switch between narrative summaries and bullet points.
  • Highlight quotes and save them to your library.
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
Chapter 1 · Core idea

Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.

Questions, answered.

Build a library of ideas worth keeping.

A pocket-sized bookshelf of the ideas that matter to you.