RusticReader

A minimalistic ebook reader

Features

• CLI client
• Each component in the CLI client is exposed as a unix style utility
• Converts PDF to plain text
• Justifies the plain text to specified column width
• Centers the text based on the width of the terminal
• Minimalistic less like interactive reader with vim like bindings
• Written in pure rust
• Statically linked single binary executable
• Cross platform

Getting Started

Cargo

Install and run with cargo

cargo install --locked rustic-reader
rustic-reader document.pdf

Git and cargo

Clone the repo, build from source and run

git clone https://github.com/kruserr/rustic-reader.git
cd rustic-reader/rustic-reader
cargo install --locked --path .
rustic-reader document.pdf

Roadmap

• Integrated command line
• Auto saving progress
• Text highlighting
• EPUB format support
• Offline PWA web client
• Server to sync books, progress and highlights
• Support more ebook and document formats
• CLI client image to ascii art converter
• Natural sounding ai voice model for text to speech narration