Open Scroll is a Bible-study resource made by one Christian volunteer, open to readers of any faith.
No license fee from Open Scroll, and no charge to the incarcerated reader from Open Scroll.
Every page, picture and style in one zip file: 11,605 files, about 1.2 GB before zipping. Sent on request.
The same program, open on the web at openscrollproject.org/app, as the reader sees it on a tablet.
Each line below comes from a scan of the whole package, file by file, made on 20 October 2026. The scan’s counts are given with each fact.
The live program, in one frame. Pick a screen; on a phone or tablet, turn it sideways.
This viewer is part of this page, not of the program. The ruler counts screen pixels: a short mark every 50, a number every 100. Phone and iPad sizes are the maker’s pixel counts divided by 3 (iPhone) or 2 (iPad), as a web page sees them. The two facility sizes are the screens in use. Wide screens are shown smaller to fit; the line above the frame says how much.
On a phone the viewer is not shown. Open the program to see it on this screen.
Open the programA short form. The full list, with each source’s own wording, is on the page Bible Sources, Credits & Licenses inside the program.
Share alike. A changed copy of the Biblica maps, of the Strong’s lines on the name cards, of the Greek and Ge’ez book titles (from Swete’s Septuagint and Beta maṣāḥəft), or of the CC BY-SA photographs on Other gods and idols must be shared under the same license (CC BY-SA).
Non-commercial notice. One source carries one: the Jubilees text, as quoted above.
Every text, dictionary and map in Open Scroll is in the public domain or under an open license, and every source allows copying and sharing, including on a closed facility network, as long as each is credited as it asks. Each source is listed below, and in full on the page Bible Sources, Credits & Licenses inside the program.
The review link, the page Bible Sources, Credits & Licenses, and this summary.
What is in it: the word-by-word Bible (66 books, 1,189 chapters, every word in the Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek it was first written in, with plain English); eight reading Bibles and two ancient books; short pages on the Bible’s books, words, names, places, maps and dates.
What is not in it: no sermons, no devotional appeals, no denominational teaching, no messaging.
Nothing from Open Scroll. There is no license fee and no charge to the reader. No grant is needed, and there is no ongoing fee. One volunteer builds Open Scroll and keeps it up.
The reading Bibles include Protestant editions (the King James Version, with and without the Apocrypha, the American Standard Version and Young’s Literal Translation), a Catholic edition (Douay-Rheims, 1899), a Jewish edition (the JPS Tanakh, 1917) and a Messianic edition (the World Messianic Bible), with the Greek Old Testament in English (Brenton’s Septuagint, 1851) and the books of 1 Enoch and Jubilees.
The provider hosts the package on its own domain. Each agency need not approve a new domain, and the program does not depend on Open Scroll’s server.
The tablets link to openscrollproject.org/app, where the same program is kept up.
Facilities or platforms with specific requirements may contact us.
One volunteer builds and maintains Open Scroll. Questions go to that volunteer.
Open the programContact: inquiry@