babluboy/bookworm
A simple ebook reader for Elementary OS
| repo name | babluboy/bookworm |
| repo link | https://github.com/babluboy/bookworm |
| homepage | |
| language | Vala |
| size (curr.) | 15321 kB |
| stars (curr.) | 959 |
| created | 2017-01-26 |
| license | GNU General Public License v3.0 |
Bookworm 
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
- appstream
Run the command below to install the above on Ubuntu and Debian distros: sudo apt-get install 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 appstream
Run 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
Two Page View
Bookworm Dark Mode
Library List View
Bookworm Preferences
