Open Source Ebook Readers for Linux

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  1. calibre icon
     1493 likes

    Free e-book manager offering library management, multi-format conversion, syncing to devices, news download as e-books, built-in viewer, editor, and privacy.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Homebrew
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    Calibre collection on the iPhone
    +4
    You can choose many languages
    113 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good47 reviews
  2. Okular icon
     480 likes

    Multi-platform document viewer supporting PDF, comics, EPUB, images, and Markdown with annotation tools, sidebar navigation, and text-to-speech features.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    114 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good46 reviews
  3. MuPDF icon
     157 likes

    Highly versatile PDF and XPS solution offering customizable rendering and viewing with features like digital signatures, redactions, and annotations.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
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    iPad (1)
    +3
    iPad (2)
    90 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good12 reviews
  4. KOReader icon
     73 likes

    An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Linux and Android devices.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • AppImageHub
    • Kobo Books
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Android Tablet
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    68 alternatives
  5. Readest icon
     30 likes

    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.

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android Tablet
    Annotation
    Translation
    Wikipedia
    +2
    Dark Mode
    14 alternatives
  6. Kavita icon
     29 likes

    Lightning fast with a slick design, Kavita is a rocket-fueled self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats. Install to start reading and share your server with your friends. book reader, self hosted, manga, comics, free, manhwa, e readers, electronic...

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    +4
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    170 alternatives
  7. Cool Reader  icon
     66 likes

    Cool Reader is fast and small cross-platform XML/CSS based eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices. Understands a number of text document formats, suppurt OPDS (in new ui-opengl version). Fully customizable palette, text reformatting with any font size, font...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Haiku
    Android version
    Desktop version
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    +3
    new ui opengl
    95 alternatives
  8. Peruse icon
     3 likes

    Peruse is a comic book reader and creator for desktop and mobile devices. It is part of the Plasma Mobile app collection.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
    We welcome you to Peruse, so you can continue reading
    Reading a comic, the thumbnails shown with a hook gesture
    Looking at the book details trying to go back past the first page
    +3
    Navigating a book, frame by frame, and translated
    8 alternatives
  9. Bookworm icon
     15 likes

    Read the books you love without having to worry about different format complexities like epub, pdf, mobi, cbr, etc.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    +4
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    28 alternatives
  10. Arianna icon
     2 likes

    An ebook reader and library management app supporting ".epub" files. Arianna discovers your books automatically, and sorts them by categories, genres and authors.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • KDE
    • Flathub
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    28 alternatives
  11. xCHM icon
     21 likes

    xCHM is a cross-platform GPL frontend for CHMLIB (http://www.jedrea.com/chmlib/) written with the wxWidgets framework.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    +1
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    15 alternatives
  12. Lucidor icon
     9 likes

    Read e-books in the EPUB file format, and organize and browse catalogs in the OPDS format. Lucidor depends on Pale Moon being installed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Moodle
    • Pale Moon
    Main menu
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    +4
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    51 alternatives
  13. Books icon
     1 like

    Books is a simple application to access and organize your e-books on GNOME. It is meant to be a simple and elegant replacement for using a file manager to deal with e-books. It's included in the default set of core applications since GNOME 3.16.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    12 alternatives