Bookworm

Spec sheet

Purpose

Bookworm describes itself as a simple, focused eBook reader.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Product

Bookworm describes itself as a simple, focused eBook reader.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

License

The GitHub repository identifies the project as licensed under GPL-3.0.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Contributions

The maker welcomes pull requests from people familiar with Vala, GTK and WebKit, and invites feature requests through issues.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Customization

Preferences include font and reading-profile customization, caching, a library-at-start option, and automatic loading from multiple folders.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Development focus

The site says Bookworm is currently developed for elementary OS and describes distro-agnostic support as a roadmap goal.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Formats

Version 1.1.2 supports EPUB, PDF, MOBI, FB2, CBR, and CBZ files.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Library

The library has grid and list views, metadata editing, sorting in list view, and search filtering.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Linux availability

The maker lists Elementary OS AppCenter, an Ubuntu PPA, openSUSE, Flatpak, and source builds for Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Linux installation

The maker lists installation options for elementary OS, Ubuntu-based systems, openSUSE, and Flatpak, plus instructions to build from source on Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Navigation and annotations

The reader provides a table of contents, bookmarks, search results and annotations in its information panel.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Navigation and notes

The info panel includes a table of contents, bookmarks, search results, and annotations.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Open source and support

Bookworm is open source; the maker welcomes pull requests and feature requests through issues.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Reading

Readers can adjust text zoom, margins, and line width, choose light, sepia, or dark profiles, bookmark pages, and use full-screen mode.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Reading controls

Readers can adjust text zoom, margins and line width, choose light, sepia or dark profiles, bookmark pages and use full-screen mode.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Supported formats

Version 1.1.2 lists EPUB, PDF, MOBI, FB2, CBR and CBZ support.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Translations

The project uses Weblate for browser-based translation contributions.Read 8 Oct 2026 · babluboy.github.io

Where Specifiction places it

• Ebook Reader Software#23 of 277.1