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RusticReader

A minimalistic ebook reader

Overview

The goal of this project is to build an ebook reader that has a minimal set of features, that make ebook reading enjoyable on a desktop computer. Furthermore we are building a seamless experience for reading ebooks, both on a desktop computer and a tablet or ereader with a browser.

Features

  • CLI client
    • Converts PDF to plain text
    • Justifies the plain text to specified column width
    • Horizontally centers the text
    • Minimalistic less like interactive reader with vim like bindings
    • Written in pure Rust
    • Cross platform
    • Statically linked single binary executable
    • Each component in the CLI client is exposed as a UNIX style utility

Quick start guide

Install the CLI client

cargo install --locked rustic-reader
rustic-reader document.pdf

For further install instructions read the Getting started page

Documentation

Visit the Documentation

Roadmap

  • Auto saving progress
  • Offline PWA web client
  • Server to sync progress
  • Integrated command line
  • Text highlighting
  • EPUB format support
  • Extend server to sync books and highlights
  • Support more ebook and document formats
  • CLI client image to ascii art converter
  • Natural sounding ai voice model for text to speech narration

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