# reMarkable Kaitai Specs

> reMarkable Kaitai Specs defines Kaitai Struct parsers for versions 3 and 5 of the reMarkable tablet's binary .rm pen-stroke format. The repository includes a sample version 5 file and credits an earlier format investigation as its basis. The author reports superficial testing on one version 5 document and no testing of version 3.

- Type: Documentation
- Targets: App
- Category: Binary analysis libraries
- Relationship: Learning resource
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/matomatical/reMarkable-kaitai>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/matomatical/reMarkable-kaitai/blob/730ba62be37a40ad290b568844150687e9c6c094/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/remarkable-kaitai/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/remarkable-kaitai/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/remarkable-kaitai/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Kaitai Struct for compiling the specifications into parsers.
- **Testing evidence:** Version 5 was tested superficially on one single-layer document; version 3 was not tested.
- **License:** MIT licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/matomatical/reMarkable-kaitai/blob/730ba62be37a40ad290b568844150687e9c6c094/README.md>

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