/koreader

An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices

Primary LanguageLuaGNU Affero General Public License v3.0AGPL-3.0

KOReader

KOReader is a document viewer primarily aimed at e-ink readers.

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Main features

  • portable: runs on embedded devices (Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, reMarkable), Android and Linux computers. Developers can run a KOReader emulator in Linux and MacOS.

  • multi-format documents: supports fixed page formats (PDF, DjVu, CBT, CBZ) and reflowable e-book formats (EPUB, FB2, Mobi, DOC, CHM, TXT). Scanned PDF/DjVu documents can also be reflowed with the built-in K2pdfopt library.

  • full-featured reading: multi-lingual user interface with a highly customizable reader view and many typesetting options. You can set arbitrary page margins, override line spacing and choose external fonts and styles. It has multi-lingual hyphenation dictionaries bundled into the application.

  • integrated with calibre (search metadata, receive ebooks wirelessly, browse library via OPDS), Evernote (export hightlights), Wallabag, Wikipedia, Google Translate and other content providers.

  • optimized for e-ink devices: custom UI without animation, with paginated menus, adjustable text contrast, and easy zoom to fit content or page in paged media.

  • extensible: via plugins

  • and much more: look up words with StarDict dictionaries / Wikipedia, add your own online OPDS catalogs and RSS feeds, share ebooks with other KOReader devices wirelessly, online over-the-air software updates, an FTP client, an SSH server, …

Please check the wiki to discover more features and to help us document them.

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Installation

Please follow the model specific steps for your device:

AndroidCervantesKindleKoboLinuxPocketbookreMarkable

Development

Setting up a build environmentCollaborating with GitBuilding targetsPortingDeveloper docs

Support

KOReader is developed and supported by volunteers all around the world. There are many ways you can help:

Right now we only support liberapay donations, but you can also create a bounty to motivate others to work on a specific bug or feature request.

Contributors

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