A Finer Instrument for Cataloging

Every card, examined and filed as it crosses the lens.

AetherCache is a free, local-first Magic: The Gathering collection manager that turns a camera into a cataloging instrument — each card identified offline, the moment it passes beneath the lens, no internet connection required. Recorded into a virtual ledger that lives on your own machine. Want it on a second machine too? Point both installs at the same Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive folder — no account needed.

AetherCache — Virtual Binder
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The Instrument's Fittings

Precision cataloging, bound like a proper ledger.

No subscriptions, no telemetry, no cloud dependency — a disciplined tool for scanning, tracking, and (optionally) syncing what you own.

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Fast, Automatic Capture

Pass cards beneath the lens. On-device OCR quickly reads every card as it goes by. Manual capture and cataloguing is available for sticky cards.

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Fully Local, Fully Yours

Your collection is recorded to a local binder on your machine — fully offline, no internet connection needed to scan or browse. No AetherCache subscription, no central server, no LLMs.

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Accountless Sync

Connect two installs to the same Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive account (or point them at the same local folder) — each one exports your collection there automatically, and you pull in changes from the other with a manual Import & Merge. No AetherCache account required.

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Foil & Per-Copy Notes

Track foil counts separately, attach notes and labels to individual copies, and review flagged scans before they commit.

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Collection Stats

A dedicated tab breaks your collection down by color, mana curve, and rarity — computed entirely on your own machine.

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Free. No Catch.

AetherCache is a completely free Magic: The Gathering collection manager — no paywalled features hiding behind your own collection.

See It In Use

The Virtual Binder, for real.

Beta screenshot of AetherCache's Virtual Binder gallery view, showing a filtered grid of owned Magic: The Gathering cards with search, set, and rarity controls above it — the app is in active beta, so this view is subject to change

AetherCache is in active beta — this screenshot reflects a recent build, but the UI is still evolving.

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Available now for Windows and Android.

See system requirements & release details →