Flatsonar

Lector

by BasioMeusPuga

Ebook reader and collection manager

Dangerous permissions Unverified publisher GPL-3.0+ v0.5.1
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About

Lector is an ebook reader and collection manager. It offers a full-screen distraction-free view, document highlighting and annotations, a built-in dictionary, bookmarks, and multiple profiles for changing the way the books are presented. Lector can also edit metadata, so you can correct information about the books, and add keywords to make them easier to find. It supports the following file formats: - PDF - EPUB - DjVu - FictionBook (.fb2) - Mobipocket (.mobi) - Amazon Kindle (.azw, .azw3, .azw4) - Comic book archives (.cbr, .cbz) - Markdown

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • com.basiomeuspuga.Lector claims the domain basiomeuspuga.com; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace
  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x4)
    source:prebuilt
  • git source tracks a moving branch: what gets built can change without the manifest changing
    source:unpinned

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.