Readest: Cross-Platform eBook Reader Powered by Tauri v2.0 📚

[silver kraken]

I'm excited to showcase Readest, an open-source eBook reader built with Tauri v2.0. Readest is a modern rewrite of Foliate, designed to bring a seamless and feature-rich eBook reading experience to macOS, Windows, and Linux users. Support for mobile platforms like iOS and Android is also on the roadmap!

🔑 Key Features

1. Parallel Read: Compare books or languages side by side with synchronized views.
2. EPUB & PDF Support: Versatility to handle your library, including experimental PDF rendering.
3. Customizable Interface: Adjust fonts, layouts, and themes with ease, powered by daisyUI.
4. Integrated Smart Tools: Built-in dictionary, translation (DeepL), and Wikipedia lookup for enhanced reading.
5. Cross-Platform Synchronization (Planned): Sync notes, bookmarks, and reading progress across devices.

🚀 Try Readest Today!
Explore Readest and download the app here: https://readest.com
GitHub Repository: https://github.com/chrox/readest

I’d love to hear your feedback, feature suggestions, or any tips for improving the Tauri-based experience. Let’s make eBook reading better for everyone! 😊

[mortal haven]

Looks really cool tbh

[weak sundial]

Okay the design and look is outstanding! ✨✨

[weak sundial]

@silver kraken Tried highlighting inside a pdf and was hit with an application error!

• Opened a PDF
• Selected some random text, hit highlight in the bubble menu
• Crashed

[silver kraken]

Thank you for your feedback. While PDF support is still in the experimental phase, my primary focus right now is on enhancing EPUB functionality. However, that doesn’t mean PDF support is any less important—in fact, it’s set to be one of Readest’s standout features. I appreciate your patience, and contributions to the project are always welcome! 😁

[halcyon knot]

How in the world did you mannage to get this whole thing working in under 2 months? that is insane

Also, how did you handle highlighting and annotations? Im working on an app with similar features, so was curious

[placid birch]

Classy! Congrats 👍 Reminds me https://www.notion.so

[spare gull]

Could you view two different translations of the same book side by side with ebooks? So that the section you're reading of translation A shows translation B to the side?

[random stone]

I haven't tried it yet but the UI looks clean,A lame suggestion in your website :), your linux install downloads an AppImage which works on almost every distribution, so you are not just targeting Ubuntu(in which case, a native .deb compilation would have been downloaded). So, its better to replace the icon with linux logo(the penguin) to convey greater availability across linux.

[brave maple]

@silver kraken the website is great! Any chance to make it open-source too ?

[silver kraken]

Ah, I forgot this thread.

[silver kraken]

@halcyon knot The biggest challenge will be making the annotation feature work consistently across platforms, especially with the quirks of iOS Safari.

[silver kraken]

@spare gull This is a feature I planned long time ago. I think I will have time to implement it next month.

[silver kraken]

@random stone Good catch.

[silver kraken]

@brave maple The website is based on this template: https://github.com/vivid-labs/vivid-landing-template

[brave maple]

Amazing, thanks 🎉

[torpid snow]

hey @silver kraken , love your app, works great, i use to to read lots of light novels

i have one things to ask, more like a request, how did you move the title tray control button down like that, i read your code and tried implementing them but got stuck. Is it possible for you to help me out. Or you can guide me, coz your works the smoothest and what i need.

[torpid snow]

nvm, i solved it by going through your code. You code is very clean. Thanks

[subtle rapids]

wow, cool feature. can u integrate it with obsidian?

[silver kraken]

Yes this is planned.

[shut onyx]

wow, this is really polished