https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer

Modern GTK Python Ebook Reader app to easily read epub files
https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer

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Modern GTK Python Ebook Reader app to easily read epub files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer
• Owner: michaldaniel
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2016-07-03T10:32:18.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-25T18:32:02.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-08T23:23:41.433Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 655 KB
• Stars: 407
• Watchers: 34
• Forks: 47
• Open Issues: 22
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
## I do not develop this anymore and I'm not sure I will. Stop starring me.

As far as I know [Bookworm](https://github.com/babluboy/bookworm) does everything better anyway. And this thing suffers from terrible home baked parsing engine. Or just consider more up to date fork. 

![Icon](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1345297/18609855/7f6c13b2-7d0c-11e6-9fc7-0a23a251d2ea.png)

# easy-ebook-viewer

Modern GTK Python app to easily read ePub files

Ebook Viewer is currently in early stages of development. It's a re-write of old ebook reader called [pPub.](https://github.com/sakisds/pPub)

Planned for first public release:

- [x] ePub opening & display

- [x] Basic chapter navigation

- [x] Restoring of reading position

- [x] Importing from other ebook file formats

- [x] Chapter jumping

- [x] Chapter index based navigation

- [ ] Per book bookmarks

- [x] Switching between light and dark style

- [ ] Text size control

- [ ] eBook font picker

Enormous rendering improvement is on the way too.

Future plans:

- [ ] Native non-DRM mobi support

- [ ] Native txt support

- [ ] Native html support

- [ ] Content searching

- [ ] Pernament highlighting

- [ ] Book metadata display

- [ ] Ability to edit book metadata

## Installing

**Requires**: gir1.2-webkit-3.0, libwebkitgtk-3.0-0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, python3-gi (PyGObject for Python 3), python3-xdg

Download or clone this repository then run in project directory:

```sudo make install```

Note the lack of configure step so make sure you have all dependencies.

## Screenshots

Dark Theme

![Dark theme](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1345297/19221520/4357d038-8e45-11e6-849b-d83a9fe496ba.png)

Light Theme

![Light theme](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1345297/19221521/43b2f698-8e45-11e6-839c-e9c41ab0aea6.png)