I would like to introduce Alexandria, A FOSS ebook reader that I have been working on for a little over a year.

This project was heavily inspired by an existing application for linux called Foliate. However, Foliate lacked some features that I wanted. In particular, cross platform support (Desktop & Mobile), A split screen reader, and cross platform syncing.

While far from complete, I would love feedback on what has been done so far. Currently, only Linux and Windows builds are available. But though utilizing Tauri and responsive UI, the app should be easy to bring across platforms.

Thanks!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooG0MQvKiEs

Project: https://github.com/btpf/Alexandria

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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Well done!

Just a heads up though, there's an existing server/client app combo also named Alexandria commonly used in public schools and libraries (in the US anyway). It's more of a book inventory and check-out system, but the shared name for a related app could still cause some confusion, and might prevent schools and libraries from utilizing your helpful tool.

Just thought you should know. Your efforts deserve to stand on their own!

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  • [–] [B] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=ooG0MQvKiEs

    Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

    I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Starred. Hopefully it works well with e-ink android, like my boox.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    is not there yet for me (no android), but i subscribed to releases, and i will be there to see this grow!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This looks really promising for me. Is there any chance of opds support? I couldn't find anything on the GitHub page.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Good set of supported formats. Is it safe to assume that text and PDF are also supported?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago*

    No. PDF is currently out of scope. The app is built around EpubJS and is really more designed for responsive book formats. Including PDF support would mean incorporating something like pdf.js and would require tons of effort and rewrite which is off course at this moment.

    Plain text files are also not supported currently, But this can be included for the 1.0 release. Thanks!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    BTW, this is now trending on Hacker News.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37303960

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Sadly it seems like the AppImage doesn't work on Nobara (Fedora spinoff). Any chance we can get a flatpak for it?

    Picture showcasing the error in the terminal

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Amazing! Can't wait for the android version to come out!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Awesome. I always wanted something like Foliate for Windows. Looks very promising. Great work OP.

    If possible, get your App listed on WinGet too.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Impressive, very nice. Waiting for fb2 format

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Very nice to see a Tauri app. Any plans to add macOS support?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Never seen a Tauri app yet. Looks very promising. I shall bookmark this for the future.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Looks good! Funnily enough I just started a small personal project doing something like this to learn Sveltekit and typescript.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I subscribed to releases! Good work so far!

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