Open source alternatives to Kindle
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Kindle does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What Kindle does
- Read ebookscore
- Buy and download bookscore
- Sync reading position across devices
- Highlights and notes
- Dictionary lookup
- Send documents to read
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 part75% | 26k+226 | 9 days ago | 96% | Install like an app | AGPL-3.0 | |
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Buy and download books. Not shown: Send documents to read.See the evidence
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