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Librera Reader (Book and PDF reader) https://f-droid.org/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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I've been using this a few months and recommend it as well. It's serviceable but feels a bit janky. Scrolling and switching between view styles tends to leave black boxes on my device, and the UI doesn't always disappear while scrolling. But I'd still recommend it for how light and fast it is on top of being FOSS
I've been using MuPDF for pdf's and Libera for epubs, both on f-droid. Libera can also read pdf's but for reasons I don't remember, it wasn't as usable for them as MuPDF is, at least for me. So I stayed with MuPDF.
+1 for MuPDF. It's so lightweight it almost feels like a native part of the OS
That's what I'm using:
https://gitlab.com/mudlej_android/mj_pdf_reader
I would advise to use open-source software wherever you can. You (almost) never have paywalls, ads or trackers there ;)
Firefox has a PDF reader built in these days.
It is pretty terrible though.
In what way? It works quite alright for me.
Bad rendering at times, jankiness during scrolling, etc.
Yeah no idea why but on Android its bad, on Linux just fine
Nah it's crap on Linux too. Maybe not quite as bad. On Linux I generally use atril or xpdf these days.
Firefox on Linux (binary, Fedora, Flathub, compiled) is very good for PDF reading
I use Firefox on Linux and its pdf reader sort of works but it is really bad compared to a dedicated reader, e.g. when you want to scroll quickly or zoom the magnfication around. Try downloading a pdf book from archive.org and reading it with Firefox. I'm using the LTE version from Debian so maybe that isn't as good as some of the other builds though, hmm.
It's 👍 but barebones. No dark mode and support for native and user-created bookmarks.
MuPDF
Librera Reader - either from F-droid, or you can use Obtainium to install directly from repo.
Play Store version is paid but comes with additional features including network library integrations
No general reader abilities are behind a paywall though. So fdroid(free) version is recomended
What sort of network library integrations are you referring to? The version I install directly from repo has Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive preconfigured, and I can add my own Calibre and OPDS libraries too.
Edit: the Play Store version (Pro) is also available via the repo, along with the F-droid release. Another reason I avoid F-droid and install direct from repo using Obtainium.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned a browser, never thought to go beyond it. Any reason people have/prefer dedicated software aside from a browser?
dark mode
native and user-created bookmarks
Try KOREADER.
Been using Okular on my linux laptop and its great. I wish the windows version had a better logo, but the features it comes with is awesome.
I liked the PDF viewer from GrapheneOS https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.grapheneos.pdfviewer.play
I'd say you can just use a browser if it's a quick check. MoonReader is really nice for ebooks and it cloud syncs your current spot.
MJ PDF is the best I could find.
Librera reader off f-droid works great for me
KOReader. The app is multiplatform (also for some e-readers and Linux) so the UI is not among the most beautiful (but I actually prefer it over Librera), but it's feature packed, and does really well what it's made for.
There's a lot to like about Atril (native to MATE).
Adobe Acrobat. I like it because it has dark theme and reopens last page that was opened before.
Not sure what you mean about text scaling, you should be able to zoom in...
I had Readera Premium purchased 3 years ago when I wasn't aware of really great free softwares' existence. I had bought it because of it's simple interface and thought it could help me with OPDS (auto sync between devices or other apps), but it didn't help me other than by just being simple. That's why I am currently hosting my own OPDS server (Kavita) to sync my progress and read from it's web interface and Librera app (really powerful and open source). I am thinking of moving to Calibre Web from Kavita because of ease of uploading books. You can try Librera which is a really great and powerful pdf/book viewer/reader with/without OPDS.
I bought readera to support the dev, but actually prefer the free version. The "syncing..." dialogue each time you open annoys me, and living in a country that blocks google, the failed license check that force-closes the app is crap as well.
I have xodo on my phone and love it. I use bluebeam at work but it costs money.
No 😔