https://babluboy.github.io/bookworm/

A simple ebook reader for Elementary OS
https://babluboy.github.io/bookworm/

bookworm ebook-reader elementaryos epub

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A simple ebook reader for Elementary OS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://babluboy.github.io/bookworm/
• Owner: babluboy
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-01-26T13:56:37.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-26T05:02:00.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-14T03:03:26.183Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: bookworm, ebook-reader, elementaryos, epub
• Language: Vala
• Homepage:
• Size: 84.3 MB
• Stars: 1,320
• Watchers: 36
• Forks: 102
• Open Issues: 141
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

        
# Bookworm  [![Translation status](https://hosted.weblate.org/widgets/bookworm/-/svg-badge.svg)](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/bookworm/?utm_source=widget) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/babluboy/bookworm.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/babluboy/bookworm) [![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/Donate-PayPal-green.svg)](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FZP8GK839VGQC)

A simple, focused eBook reader

Author: Siddhartha Das

Read the books you love without having to worry about the different format complexities like epub, pdf, mobi, cbr, etc. This version supports EPUB, MOBI, FB2, PDF, FB2 and Comics (CBR and CBZ) formats with support for more formats to follow soon.

Check the Bookworm website for details on features, shortcuts, installation guides for supported distros : https://babluboy.github.io/bookworm/

## Building, Testing, and Installation

You'll need the following dependencies to build and run on Ubuntu/Debian based distros:

* unzip

* poppler-utils

* unar

* html2text

* python2

* libgtk-3-dev

* libgee-0.8-dev

* libgranite-dev

* libsqlite3-dev

* libxml2-dev

* webkit2gtk-4.0

* libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37

* libpoppler-glib-dev

* meson

* valac

* gettext

* curl

* ninja-build

* appstream

Run the command below to install the above on Ubuntu and Debian distros:

`sudo apt-get install unzip poppler-utils unar html2text python2.7 libgtk-3-dev libgee-0.8-dev libgranite-dev libsqlite3-dev libxml2-dev webkit2gtk-4.0 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libpoppler-glib-dev meson valac gettext curl ninja-build appstream git`

Run `git clone to download the source code, meson build` to configure the build environment and run `ninja test` to build

    git clone https://github.com/babluboy/bookworm.git

    cd bookworm

    meson build --prefix=/usr

    mkdir -p build && cd build

    ninja

To install, use `ninja install`, then execute with `com.github.babluboy.bookworm`

    sudo ninja install

    com.github.babluboy.bookworm

## Screenshots

![screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babluboy/bookworm/gh-pages/images/BookwormLibraryView.png)

![screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babluboy/bookworm/gh-pages/images/BookwormReadingView.png)

Two Page View

![screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babluboy/bookworm/gh-pages/images/TwoPageView.png)

Bookworm Dark Mode

![screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babluboy/bookworm/gh-pages/images/DarkModeLibraryView.png)

![screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babluboy/bookworm/gh-pages/images/DarkModeReadingView.png)

Library List View

![screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babluboy/bookworm/gh-pages/images/LibraryListView.png)

Bookworm Preferences

![screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babluboy/bookworm/gh-pages/images/PreferencesDialog.png)