eBook reader / e-reader app
Alexandria is a discontinued minimalistic cross-platform eBook reader app built with Tauri, Epub.js, and TypeScript that supports EPUB, Kindle, FB2, comic, and text formats.
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
Choose it for an actively maintained cross-platform reader with sync/backup and web/mobile apps; it is an end-user app, not a code-level swap.
A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and Web
Choose it for a currently maintained Tauri-based reader with a modern UI; it is an end-user app.
Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience.
Choose it for AI-assisted reading and broad format support; it is a Flutter app, not a drop-in library.
Featuring powerful AI capabilities and supporting various e-book formats, it makes reading smarter and more focused.
Choose it for mature e-ink device support and many formats; it targets dedicated readers/Android, not desktop.
An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices
Choose it only for supported e-ink hardware; it is firmware, not a desktop/mobile reader app.
Open-source e-reader firmware
These projects were analysed and named Alexandria among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how Alexandria rates them is a separate judgement, made when Alexandria is analysed in its own right.
calls Alexandria “Choose for a minimalistic EPUB-focused cross-platform reader; lacks Koodo's broad format and sync support.”
A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and Web
calls Alexandria “Minimalist EPUB-only reader; choose only for lightweight EPUB reading, not PDF.”
SumatraPDF reader