Livre
An eBook reader built on Electron
Livre is a minimal eBook reader. Currently, it only support .epub formatted eBooks.
Download
Livre is still in development. When it's done, binaries for Windows, Linux, and MacOS will be available; currently, you'll have to download the source and build it yourself.
Features
- Minimalistic interface
- Remembers the last page you read in every eBook
- Remembers recently opened eBooks for easy access
- Table of contents with links
- Back and forward functionality
- Full text search
Installation and Usage
$ git clone https://github.com/livrereader/livre
$ cd livre
$ npm install
$ # To start the Electron process locally:
$ npm start
$ # Or to build a binary for your platform in ./out:
$ npm run package
The compiled binary or the start script can be passed a path to a valid .epub file; if no file is passed than the app will open to the start screen and books can be opened from within the app.
The build process has been tested on Linux but not Windows or macOS. If you run into problems, please submit an issue.
Keyboard shortcuts:
Note: macOS uses cmd instead of ctrl.
ctrl+o: Open an eBook
right arrow: Next page
left arrow: Previous page
alt+left arrow: Back
alt+right arrow: Forward
ctrl+t: Open table of contents
escape: Close sidebar
ctrl+f: Find in eBook
ctrl+=: Increase text size
ctrl+-: Decrease text size
ctrl+0: Restore default text size
ctrl+q: Quit
ctrl+shift+i: Toggle Chrome developer tools