Note

This is the gtk4 branch. You are reading the README for the work-in-progress, unreleased GTK 4 version.

To learn about the last stable, GTK 3 version, see README.md in the master branch.

Foliate

Read books in style.

Installation

Run Time Dependencies

• gjs (>= 1.76)
• gtk4 (>= 4.12)
• libadwaita (>= 1.4; gir1.2-adw-1 in Debian-based distros)
• webkitgtk-6.0 (webkitgtk6.0 in Fedora; gir1.2-webkit-6.0 in Debian-based distros)

Optional Dependencies

To enable auto-hyphenation, you will need to install hyphenation rules, e.g., hyphen-en for English, hyphen-fr for French, etc. (which strictly speaking are optional dependencies for WebkitGTK, not Foliate itself).

Obtaining the Source

The repo uses git submodules. Before running or installing, make sure you clone the whole thing with --recurse-submodules.

Run without Building or Installing

It's possible to run directly from the source tree without building or installing. Simply run

gjs -m src/main.js

This can be useful if you just want to quickly try out Foliate or test a change.

But note that this will run it without using GSettings, so settings will not be saved. To solve this, you can compile the schema by running

glib-compile-schemas data

Then you can set the schema directory when running the app:

GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=data gjs -m src/main.js

Building and Installing from Source

The following dependencies are required for building:

• meson (>= 0.59)
• gettext

To install, run the following commands:

meson setup build
sudo ninja -C build install

To uninstall, run

sudo ninja -C build uninstall

Installing to a Local Directory

By default Meson installs to /usr/local. You can install without root permissions by choosing a local prefix, such as $PWD/run:

meson setup build --prefix $PWD/run
ninja -C build install

You can then run it with

GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=run/share/glib-2.0/schemas ./run/bin/foliate

Flatpak

There's no Flatpak package for the gtk4 branch yet. For developement with Flatpak, use GNOME Builder to open and run the project.

Snap

The gtk4 branch is available on the Snap Store through the edge channel:

sudo snap install foliate --edge

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

The following JavaScript libraries are bundled in this software:

• foliate-js, which is MIT licensed.
• zip.js, which is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license.
• fflate, which is MIT licensed.

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