sahwar / thornyreader

C/C++ program for rendering EPUB, FB2, PDF, MOBI, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, RTF, CHM and TXT documents

ThornyReader

About

ThornyReader is a program for rendering EPUB without DRM, FB2, PDF without DRM, MOBI, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, RTF, CHM and TXT

Usage

ThornyReader operates via CLI. Basic principle:

• create two FIFO files
• choose desired binary:
  • crengine for EPUB, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, MOBI and CHM
  • mupdf for PDF, XPS and OXPS
  • djvu for DJVU
• start chosen binary and pass two created FIFO files as arguments
• write requests to first FIFO and read responses from second FIFO

Build

Build is performed by Android Studio. Build should create three binaries: crengine, mupdf and djvu. Application.mk sample:

APP_MODULES             := crengine mupdf djvu
APP_PLATFORM            := android-16
APP_STL                 := c++_static
APP_ABI                 := armeabi-v7a arm64-v8a x86 x86_64

Third-party

ThornyReader uses number of other projects, mainly EBookDroid, CoolReader, MuPDF, DjVuLibre and Libmobi. You can find all original copyright notices for used projects in the corresponding source directories.

Contacts

If you have any questions, feel free to contact: [email protected]

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.