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OpenReader is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Utilities category, licensed MIT and written mainly in TypeScript. It ships a Docker image. It has 547 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/richardr1126/openreader

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
547
Forks
76
Open issues
0
Commits, last 12 months
736
Last commit
Oct 23, 2026
Latest release
v5.3.0Oct 20, 2026
Created
Jan 18, 2025
License
MITOpen source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 736 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 23, 2026
Commits, last 12 months736
Latest releasev5.3.0 (Oct 20, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months10 or more
Releases, all time57
Open issues0
Open pull requests1
Good first issues0
Contributing guideNo
Security policyNo
CreatedJan 18, 2025

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About OpenReader

EPUB, PDF, DOCX, MD, and TXT file text to speech document reader. Read documents in realtime with high-quality TTS; or extract audiobooks.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/richardr1126/openreader.

Topics

  • kokoro-tts
  • openai-api
  • pdf
  • text-to-speech
  • epub
  • epub-reader
  • pdf-reader
  • tts
  • markdown-reader
  • txt-files

Repository preview

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FAQ

OpenReader FAQ

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Is OpenReader free and open source?

Yes. OpenReader is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run OpenReader with Docker?

Yes. OpenReader provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to OpenReader?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to OpenReader include Excalidraw, revealjs and penpot.

Is OpenReader actively maintained?

The most recent commit to OpenReader was on Oct 23, 2026 with 736 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.3.0, published Oct 20, 2026. It had 0 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.