Readest and Foliate are the best ones
If you read epubs frequently, just on your pc: foliate
If you read epubs frequently, and want to also manage your ereader library: calibre
If you read epubs occasionally and want the same software for reading everything: okularI use baca (because i3) https://github.com/wustho/baca
There’s calibre, and then there’s everything else. Also take a look koreader. You can also use koreader from calibre
I hear these names thrown around a lot. I’ve only briefly tried Calibre, and not KOReader yet.
I’m kinda curious, what’s the difference between them and the roles they fill?
Calibre is an ebook library manager with a reader built-in. Koreader is purely reader software, and it works particularly well on touch and eink screens.
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That’s why I referred to it as “plain”: it’s just the reader. And it is mostly made to replace the original reader software on eBook devices, but you can also use it on desktop if you want.
The question is if you are looking for just a reader, or a library manager. But you can also mix the two, so use calibre fo manage the library and have it use koreader to open books
You already received a reply to this, but I recently had both installed and also recently reviewed my apps to uninstall duplicate-purpose apps.
KOreader looks like what comes on a Kindle, Nook, etc. I have it loaded on an old Kindle 4th Generation I inherited from my Grandpa. If you like eBook readers, this one is for you. Librera is for people who are Android users, especially those who download and store books on their devices. It follows more typical Android design conventions and functions more like a full eBook suite vs a reader tool.
I think I’m going to go with KOreader for my uses, but have immense admiration for the developers of both.
Librera is for people who are Android users
I’d reword this a little, to
Librera is better for people who are Android readers exclusively
Because if you’re the type who uses a dedicated e-ink device for reading, also having the same application and book library on your phone has some obvious benefits. But if your phone is your one reading device, you’d probably try the Android version of KOReader and be like “wtf is with this UI?”
Agreed on the exclusivity thing. Matching apps could be a big benefit. I don’t read across devices (or if I do, it is for different books), but I want to give cross-device syncing a try once I get my Calibre library all fixed up.
I use KOreader on an Android phone because it’s so configurable and allows me to read efficiently on an AMOLED with white on black text and a very minimal, space efficient interface. Also the large amount of style overrides allows one to fix even the most badly formatted epubs without editing or processing them in Calibre.
Good point on the AMOLED. I actually like the different UI. It keeps me zoned into my book and zoned out of Android.
I really like Foliate. Great interface, easy to use, enough customization. It’s available through Flatpak.
If you want something more feature rich and don’t care too much about UI, then Calibre.
Seconding this. I use Foliate for epub, and Okular for the rest.
Calibre’s ereader is quite good.
KOReader is goated. So many options, I use use it mainly on phones but it works on PC as well.
That’s weird. On F-Droid, it says that it was made for an older version of Android, so it can’t be updated, but the version listed is 4.3+.
Firefox with some extension when in a pinch.
Otherwise, Calibre.
pandoc file.epub -t plain > file.txt less file.txtinteresting approach
Based af
Sioyek.
The greatest e-book reader
Calibreweb
I mostly use Foliate, but I actually do most of my ebook reading on my phone.
I just use Foliate but on my current system Foliate has a weird bug for me that it cannot open any books for some reason so I’m using Readest now.
This is a tough one. All readers I tried had something that annoyed me. If forced to read on desktop, I will use Calibre. But nowadays I prefer calibre-web to put the epub automatically on my ereader.
For actual reading on linux I use
fbreader. For eBook management I usecalibre.But 95% of my reading is actually on old eInk devices (kindle, nook).
