Flatsonar

crqt-ng

by Aleksey Chernov et al.

Cross platform open source e-book reader

Broad permissions Flathub reviewed GPL-2.0-or-later v1.0.15
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About

crqt-ng is fast and small cross-platform XML/CSS based eBook reader. Written using the Qt framework.

Supported formats: fb2, fb3 (incomplete), epub (non-DRM), doc, docx, odt, rtf, pdb, mobi (non-DRM), txt, html, Markdown, chm, tcr.

Main functions:

  • Ability to display 2 pages at the same time
  • Displaying and Navigating Book Contents
  • Text search
  • Word hyphenation using hyphenation dictionaries
  • Most complete support for FB2 - styles, tables, footnotes at the bottom of the page
  • Extensive font rendering capabilities: use of ligatures, kerning, hinting option selection, floating punctuation, simultaneous use of several fonts, including fallback fonts
  • Detection of the main font incompatible with the language of the book
  • Reading books directly from a ZIP archive
  • TXT auto reformat, automatic encoding recognition
  • Flexible styling with CSS files
  • Background pictures, textures, or solid background
  • HiDPI support
  • Multi-tabbed interface

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the 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.