FBReader

FBReader

FBReader on Maemo
Stable release 1.10.0.5 / April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)
Preview release 2.0.13 beta 13 / November 23, 2013 (2013-11-23)
Written in C++, Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in Multilingual
Type e-book reader
License GPL (free software)
Website fbreader.org

FBReader is a free and open source e-book reader for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android, and other platforms that is free of page-view tracking and other invasions of privacy.[1]

It was originally written for the Sharp Zaurus and currently runs on many other mobile devices, like the Nokia Internet Tablets, as well as desktop computers. A preview of FBReaderJ (the Java port) for Google Android was released on April 13, 2008.

Supported formats include EPUB, FictionBook, HTML, plucker, PalmDoc, zTxt, TCR, CHM, RTF, OEB, mobi without DRM, and plain-text.[2]

A desktop version of FBreader

History

FBReader was originally written by Nikolay Pultsin and released for the Sharp Zaurus in January 2005, a Maemo port was added in December 2005 for the Nokia 770. FBReader has since had binary packages released for many mobile device platforms and most major personal computer (PC) operating systems.[3] The FBReader name with the FB prefix comes from FictionBook, an e-book format which is popular in Russia, the country of FBReader's author.[4]

The original FBReader was written in C++; however, in 2007[5] a fork called FBReaderJ was created, which was written in Java. As the Android platform became available in the following years, this fork became the codebase for the android app, which the C++ codebase remained in use for the other platforms.[6]

Components

For easy cross-platform compiling, FBReader uses zlibrary, a cross-platform interface library. It allows recompiling for many platforms while disregarding the GUI-toolkit used.

Features

File format support

FBReader supports the following file formats:[9]

a fork of FBReaderJ by Benetech

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Multi-Platform Support

See also

References

  1. ↑ Is Your E-Book Reading Up On You? : NPR
  2. ↑ FBReader: About FBReader
  3. ↑ FBReader: obsolete versions
  4. ↑ FBReader and its .fb2 format, maemo.org forum, 2005
  5. ↑ "geometer/FBReaderJ". GitHub. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  6. ↑ "geometer/FBReader". GitHub. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  7. ↑ http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FBReader
  8. ↑ TTS+ Plugin - enhanced Text-To-Speech plugin for FBReader for Android
  9. ↑ E-book formats, supported and not supported | Free eBook Reader - Free!
  10. ↑ http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FBReader

External links

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