CLUSTER READER-EBOOKS-EPUB · 10 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-11-12
Keyboard-driven Linux EPUB readers
This cluster consists of simple, keyboard-driven EPUB/eBook readers built for Linux, focused on efficient reading and basic local ebook management. The five dated pre-index entries appear one per month across 2017-03, 2022-07, 2023-11, 2025-07, and 2025-10, so the dated history is sparse and intermittent rather than showing a sustained trend. On traction, openthebook and inkweave lead with 2 stars each, while omaread-bin has 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 7 unlabelled
Operator · 2 hobby · 6 open source · 2 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 10 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01openthebook2★1 moliveDesktop ebook reader that opens PDF, EPUB, AZW3, and MOBI files in a distraction-free interface.
- 02omaread-bin0★2 daysliveopen sourceKeyboard-first EPUB reader that lets users read ebooks efficiently on Linux.
- 03inkweave2★2 mo—Dual-panel EPUB reader and visual editor for viewing and editing e-books in a single interface.
- 04Scrolex0★unknownlivehobbyEbook reader that lays out PDF and ebook pages side by side for horizontal scrolling, with dark mode and text search.
- 05kisslib0★9 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop utility that quickly launches and organizes ebook files on Linux systems.
- 06moyurd0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceKeyboard-driven Epub reader that allows reading electronic books with a simple interface.
- 07myueqf-reader0★1 moliveopen sourceSimple TXT ebook reader for reading plain text books.
- 08foliate-20★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA desktop eBook reader for Linux that provides a simple and modern interface for reading and managing ebooks.
- 09Libby for Linux0★unknownlivehobbyDesktop wrapper application that provides access to a library ebook and audiobook lending service on Linux computers.
- 10knownreader0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceLightweight eBook reader that uses XML and CSS for rendering.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.