Flatsonar

Foliate

by John Factotum

Read e-books in style

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v3.3.0
Install Source code

Support the creators

Flatsonar is just the shop window. The people below made Foliate.

Buy Me a Coffee
Screenshot 1 of Foliate Screenshot 2 of Foliate Screenshot 3 of Foliate Screenshot 4 of Foliate Screenshot 5 of Foliate

About

Discover a new chapter in reading with Foliate, the modern e-book reader tailored for GNOME. Immerse yourself in a distraction-free interface, with customization features designed to match your unique preferences.

Features include:

  • Open EPUB, Mobipocket, Kindle, FB2, CBZ, and PDF files
  • Paginated mode and scrolled mode
  • Customize font and line-spacing
  • Light, sepia, dark, and invert mode
  • Reading progress slider with chapter marks
  • Bookmarks and annotations
  • Find in book
  • Quick dictionary lookup

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-run/speech-dispatcher
    --filesystem=xdg-run/speech-dispatcher:ro

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

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

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