Readest
Readest is a modern, open-source ebook reader for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and the web.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Readest News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
Zohir-Benmalek added Readest as alternative to The Whispering Stories- Oklonsica liked Readest
- subatomic commented on Readest
The performance is horrendous, and it crashes constantly. Although I am not surprised, since it's an AI vibe-coded slop made with Claude by a chinese developer; this page claims it's US origin which is a blatant lie.
Author: x.com/hwangxin
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- Capacity liked Readest
tintin_yuan added Readest as alternative to BooxReader
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What is Readest?
What you can do with Readest
Read EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, CBZ, and TXT with tunable typography and themes. Open two books side by side — great for translations or study. Listen to any book via on-device, browser, or cloud TTS. Translate passages and look up words in Wiktionary or Wikipedia. Keep your library, progress, and highlights in sync across devices. Connect to OPDS catalogs and your own Calibre library. Export highlights to Readwise or Hardcover; sync reading progress and highlights with Koreader.
Readest information
Developed by
Bilingify LLC Licensing
Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.9Alternatives
20 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
- German
- French
- Esperanto
- Italian
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean
- Vietnamese
- Indonesian
- Russian
- Turkish
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- Updated
- 4.54 avg rating
GitHub repository
- 23,615 Stars
- 1,492 Forks
- 122 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
Dont know any other good modern crossplatform readers
The performance is horrendous, and it crashes constantly. Although I am not surprised, since it's an AI vibe-coded slop made with Claude by a chinese developer; this page claims it's US origin which is a blatant lie.
Author: x.com/hwangxin
Readest application is the best eBook reader app I have installed so far. Its features are powerful to upgrade my reading experience. I really appreciate the cloud synchronisation and application customisation.
Readest is a feature-rich, easy-to-use, free and open source ebook reader with no ads. It's available on every platform you could want it on, and is boasts great, modern UI design.
I've been using it for quite some time and am very satisfied. It's full of features and fast.
This one worked on my PostmarketOS phone when even Foliate struggled with the Text to Speech (TTS). Aside from that it is also a highly functional piece of software.
Great looks, highly customizable and solid performance. Lacks some shortcuts, but apart from that, great.