Open source alternatives to Apple Books
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Apple Books does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What Apple Books does
- Read ebookscore
- Buy books and audiobookscore
- Sync library across Apple devices
- Highlights and notes
- Read PDFs and EPUBs
- Reading goals
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 readestCross-platform ebook reader for EPUB files with a modern interface |
Covers one part81% | 26k+226 | 9 days ago | 96% | Install like an app | AGPL-3.0 | |
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Buy books and audiobooks; Reading goals.See the evidence
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