LIVEMULTILINGUAL · EN / ESBokily
Exchange books nearby in under 48 hours.
Local Marketplace · 2026
Founded by Suleman Hussain
Problem
Readers buy and discard books while nearby shelves stay invisible — local swaps need trust, distance privacy, and a clear meetup flow.
Why it exists
Book culture should circulate locally without payments between users or exposing exact home addresses.
What was built
Bokily is a location-first book exchange for Spain: list by ISBN or on-device cover scan (photo stays on phone), browse nearby as a guest, chat in-app, meet, and confirm with a time-limited QR — free Android beta.
Happening now: Live at bokily.com — free Android beta for Spain; iOS after Android validates.
How it works
- Cover scan or ISBN→
- Browse nearby (guest OK)→
- Request a book→
- Meet in public→
- QR confirm
Technology / build details
frontend
Marketing site + Android beta app
backend
Accounts, listings, swap requests, in-app chat
ai
On-device OCR for cover scan — catalog metadata from Open Library
infrastructure
Rounded distance discovery (no raw home pins)
apis
ISBN / Open Library lookup, push notifications, HMAC QR tokens
architecture
Location-first peer book exchange (not classifieds ads)
Related projects
- MVP Starter Experiments
Reusable auth, billing, and shell patterns.