The art of reading, perfected.

An offline-first reader for documents, e-books and comics. Files are opened where they already are, on the device, without an account.

Latest release v1.0.58-oss · 9 Oct 2026

  • PDF
  • EPUB
  • MOBI
  • AZW3
  • FB2
  • DOCX
  • ODT
  • FODT
  • TXT
  • Markdown
  • HTML
  • Comic archives
Episteme library with cover thumbnails
Features

Reading, markup, and the tools around them.

A PDF page with pen annotations and the tool bar open
PDF tools

Ink, highlight, annotate

Pen, highlighter, eraser and text annotations on PDF pages. Multi-tab reading, reflow, and auto-scroll for documents that do not paginate.

Selected text with the highlight toolbar open
Markup

Highlighting and notes

Select text to highlight, translate, search or speak it. Notes are stored with the document and reappear on the passage, not in a separate list.

A paginated reading page with the app toolbar
Reading modes

Paginated or scrolled

Paginated reading, vertical scroll, and musician mode. Progress, page count, bookmarks and shelves per title.

The text-to-speech player and a live transcript
Accessibility

System text-to-speech

Chapter playlists, rate control and a running transcript. The reader speaks the document it is displaying.

An OPDS catalog listed as a library
Library

OPDS catalogs and local folders

Add an OPDS feed, or point at a folder on the device, and it behaves like any other shelf. Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks are preconfigured.

Every format the reader opens.

  • PDF
  • EPUB
  • MOBI
  • AZW3
  • FB2
  • DOCX
  • ODT
  • FODT
  • TXT
  • Markdown
  • HTML
  • Comic archives
Also included

The rest of the reader.

Themes

Eight app themes and separate reader themes. Per-theme text brightness for light and dark, and three contrast levels.

Typography

Custom local fonts, type scale, spacing, margins and justification, tuned per book.

Library

Local folder sync, shelves, bookmarks, progress tracking, and file management.

Language

App language selection, and translation of selected text on demand.

Platforms

One Kotlin Multiplatform core across Android, iOS, Windows and Linux.

Licence

AGPL-3.0-only. The OSS editions are the same application.

Editions

Downloads.

The reading experience is the same across editions. What differs is the distribution channel, network access, and whether proprietary online services are included.

v1.0.58-oss · 9 Oct 2026

GitHub OSS build published 9 Oct 2026.

v1.0.58-oss
  • Google Play

    Standard edition, updates automatically

    Get
  • F-Droid

    OSS edition from the reproducible index

    Open
  • APK, online build

    v1.0.58-oss · sync capable · 25.7 MB

    Download
  • APK, offline build

    v1.0.58-oss · no network access · 26.1 MB

    Download
Questions

Before installing.

Is an account required?

No. Importing a file and reading it do not require an account. Cloud sync and the online AI and TTS features do.

What differs between editions?

Distribution channel, network access, and whether proprietary online services are included. The reading experience is the same.

What does the offline edition remove?

Network permissions. No requests leave the device, and cloud sync, online TTS and AI features are absent.

Which formats are supported?

PDF, EPUB, MOBI/AZW3, FB2, DOCX, ODT/FODT, TXT, Markdown, HTML, and comic archives including CBZ, CBR and CB7.

Where are the builds?

Google Play and the App Store for the standard release. The OSS and offline builds are on GitHub Releases, F-Droid and Obtainium.

AGPL-3.0-only. The source is the same application.

Bug reports and feature requests go to GitHub. Translations are managed on the project’s Weblate instance.