Foliate
Foliate is a free, open-source education and reference app for Linux. To enable auto-hyphenation, you will need to install hyphenation rules, e.g., hyphen-en for English, hyphen-fr for French, etc. It has 8,782 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of Kindle.
About Foliate
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).
Install Foliate
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
flatpak install flathub com.github.johnfactotum.Foliatesnap install foliateReplaces
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What is Foliate?
Foliate is a free, open-source education and reference app for Linux. To enable auto-hyphenation, you will need to install hyphenation rules, e.g., hyphen-en for English, hyphen-fr for French, etc. It has 8,782 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of Kindle.
Is Foliate free and open source?
Yes. Foliate's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Foliate?
Flathub: flatpak install flathub com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate and Snap: snap install foliate. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: 3.3.0).
Can Foliate replace Kindle?
Foliate is commonly used as a free alternative to Kindle. Features differ, so check that it opens the file formats and covers the workflows you rely on before switching.