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README.md

Episteme Reader

A native Android document reader application built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.

Overview

Episteme Reader is an offline-first application designed for reading various document formats. It leverages native Android technologies and C++ libraries to provide a performant reading experience with customization capabilities.

Note: This is the Open Source (OSS) edition of Episteme Reader. The version available on the Google Play Store is built from this core but includes additional proprietary features.

Features

Supported Formats

Documents: PDF
E-books: EPUB, MOBI, AZW3
Text: MD, TXT, HTML

PDF Features

Viewing Modes: Vertical Scroll and Paginated view.
Ink Annotations: Draw directly on pages using Pen, Highlighter, and Eraser tools.
Text Annotations: Add text notes anywhere on the page using system or custom fonts.

E-Book Features

Parsing: Native parsing for MOBI/AZW3 via libmobi and EPUB via Jsoup.
Customization: Adjust font size, line spacing, and margins.
Custom Fonts: Support for importing user-provided font files (.ttf, .otf).

General

Text-to-Speech (TTS): Read documents aloud using the system TTS engine.
File Management: Built-in library organization.

Architecture

UI: 100% Jetpack Compose (Material3).
Architecture: MVVM with Unidirectional Data Flow.
Database: Room (SQLite) for metadata and annotations.
PDF Engine: pdfium-android (Native PDFium bindings).
EPUB Engine: Utilizes standard WebView for vertical scrolling mode, and a custom rendering engine for paginated mode.
Mobi Engine: Custom JNI bindings to libmobi.

Building from Source

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Aryan-Raj3112/episteme.git
cd episteme

Build: Open in Android Studio and run the ossDebug variant.
```
./gradlew assembleOssDebug
```

Open Source Libraries

This project is made possible by the Android open-source ecosystem:

Core & UI: AndroidX, Jetpack Compose, Kotlinx Serialization
Document Engines: PdfiumAndroidKt (PDF), libmobi (MOBI/AZW3), Google WOFF2 (Fonts)
Parsers: Jsoup (HTML/EPUB), Flexmark (Markdown)
Media & Image Loading: Coil, Media3 (ExoPlayer)
Utilities: Room (Database), Timber (Logging)

License

This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). See the LICENSE file for details.

Support

If you find Episteme Reader useful and want to support its development, please consider sponsoring. Thank you!