About:
FBReader is an e-book reader. It currently works on the Sharp Zaurus, Siemens Simpad with Opensimpad ROM, Nokia 770/N800 Internet Tablet, Archos PMA430, Motorola E680i/A780/A1200 smartphones, PepperPad 3, Asus Eee PC, IRex iLiad, UMPC, and Linux/Windows XP/FreeBSD desktop computers. It supports several e-book formats: plucker, palmdoc, zTXT, HTML, CHM, fb2, TCR (psion text), OEB, OpenReader, RTF, non-DRM'ed Mobipocket, and plain text.

Author:
Nikolay Pultsin [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8.76/10.00 (13 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.fbreader.org/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.fbreader.org/fbreader-sources-0.8.17.tgz
Debian package:
http://www.fbreader.org/desktop/fbreader_0.8.17-1_i386.deb
BSD Ports URL:
http://www.freebsd.org/[..]cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/deskutils/fbreader/
Bug tracker:
http://www.fbreader.org/mantis/
Mailing list archive:
http://groups.google.com/group/fbreader

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Handheld :: PDA, Handheld :: PDA :: Qtopia, Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications :: GTK, X11 Applications :: Qt
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C++
[Topic]		Text Processing

Dependencies: [change]
expat (Default branch) (required)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	0.8.17	23-Mar-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] Brilliant, Thanks
by Lee Bigelow - Jan 27th 2007 18:28:42

I have to say, the zipped fictionbook format and this reader has won me over. Simple, effective and open. I hope it catches on like wildfire.

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