News & Books Apps for Windows
The written word is a powerful thing. It allows us to express and absorb creativity limited only to the imaginations of the writer and reader, as well as give a more internalized yet detailed voice to current events. This page has software that enables users to write and publish written content, manage their literary library, and collect news from the sources you most care about. Whoever said that print is dead?
- 100 SumatraPDF alternatives
- PDF Reader
- Ebook Reader
- Text to Speech Service
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
Sumatra PDF is a free PDF, eBook (ePub, Mobi), XPS, DjVu, CHM, Comic Book (CBZ and CBR) viewer for Windows.
SumatraPDF Features
- Lightweight
- Ad-free
- Portable
- No registration required
- Works Offline
- PDF annotation
- Dark Mode
- Privacy focused
- Text to Speech
- 114 calibre alternatives
- Ebook Reader
- Ebook Library
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Homebrew
Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application made by users, for users. Many languages, designed around the concept of the logical book, i.e., a single entry in your library that may correspond to actual e-book files in several formats.
calibre Features
- Built-in viewer
- DRM Free
- Ad-free
- Portable
- Works Offline
- Dark Mode
- Lightweight
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Ebook Conversion
- 34 Z-Library alternatives
- Ebook Library
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Google Chrome
- Tor
- Firefox
Z-Library is one of the largest online libraries in the world that contains over 4,960,000 books and 77,100,000 articles. We aim to make literature accessible to everyone.
Z-Library Features
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- 103 Manuskript alternatives
- Note-taking Tool
- Novel Authoring Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Manuskript is an open-source tool for writers, with outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc.
Manuskript Features
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- Dark Mode
- Support for MarkDown
- File Versioning
- 241 QuiteRSS alternatives
- RSS Reader
- News Reader
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
QuiteRSS is a open-source cross-platform RSS/Atom news feeds reader written on Qt/C++
QuiteRSS Features
- Portable
- Lightweight
- No registration required
- Import/Export OPML Feeds
WarningHeavily based on QtWebKit, a dependacy deprecated since 2022 due to several critical security issues. QuiteRSS has slowly been abandoned since then.
DiscontinuedThe last version (0.19.4) is from March 2022.
- 102 Amazon Kindle alternatives
- Ebook Reader
- Ebook Library
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
The Kindle app puts millions of books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and manga at your fingertips.
Amazon Kindle Features
- Cloud Sync
- Full-Text Search
- Ad-free
- Dark Mode
- 263 Flipboard alternatives
- News Reader
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter.
Flipboard Features
- 105 FBReader alternatives
- Ebook Reader
- PDF Reader
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
E-reader application.
FBReader Features
- No Tracking
- Lightweight
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
- Cloud Sync
- 243 Fluent Reader alternatives
- RSS Reader
- News Reader
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
It is free for Mac, Windows and Linux if you download it from GitHub, and it's paid ($2) for Android and iOS.
Fluent Reader Features
- Import/Export OPML Feeds
- Dark Mode
- Support for Themes
- Text to Speech
- Ad-free
- No registration required
Sigil is a multi-platform ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format.
Sigil Features
- WYSIWYG Support
- Portable
- 58 YACReader alternatives
- Comic and Manga Reader
- Image Viewer
- Ebook Reader
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- iPhone
- iPad
YACReader is a comic reader and comic manager with support for cbr cbz zip rar comic files.
YACReader Features
- Portable
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- 36 HakuNeko alternatives
- Comic and Manga Reader
- Anime / Manga Tracking App
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
HakuNeko is a cross-platform downloader for manga and anime from various websites. HakuNeko was made to help users who download media for circumstances that requires offline usage. The philosophy is ad-hoc consumption, get it when you want to read/watch it.
HakuNeko Features
- Ad-free
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
- Lightweight
- Portable
- 17 Koodo Reader alternatives
- Ebook Reader
- PDF Reader
- Text to Speech Service
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Flathub
Koodo Reader is an all-in-one e-book reader that can help you better manage and study your e-books. It's free and open-source.
Koodo Reader Features
- Dark Mode
- Works Offline
- PDF annotation
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Cloud Sync
- Privacy focused
- Text to Speech
RSS Guard is simple, light and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator developed using Qt framework which supports online feed synchronization with these features:
RSS Guard Features
- Lightweight
- Import/Export OPML Feeds
- No registration required
- Multiple Account support
- Dark Mode
- Privacy focused
- Ad-free
- 52 Citadel Ebook Manager alternatives
- Ebook Reader
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Citadel Ebook Manager is a software application designed to manage ebook libraries. It maintains backward compatibility with Calibre, meaning any library edited by Citadel can be read by Calibre without any issues.
Citadel Ebook Manager Features
- Lightweight