Bonzai Reader

A book reader and manager (for bd, comics, mangas) and a photo viewer for desktop and mobile. Support image archives (zip, rar, 7z), books formats (CBZ, CBR, CB7) and a huge amount of image format (jpg, png, tga, ...).

The software will be available for Linux, Windows, Android and possibly Mac OS.
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Please see below the features currently available, followed by some screenshots and the technology we're using.

Features

  • Book manager
    • Automatic book discovery and library management
    • Reading progression automatically saved
    • Last book read view
    • Library browser and book info: cover thumbnail, num pages, status, ...
  • Book reader
    • Japanese reading mode (reading from right to left)
    • Webtoons reading mode (vertical continuous reading)
    • Zoom modes: full width, full height, fit to screen, no zoom, adjustable zoom
    • Double page detection
    • Page thumbnail browser
  • Book editor (not available on Android)
    • Re-organize pages: move & delete
  • Device (phone & tablet)
    • Library synchronization from and to the device: reading status, ...
    • Book transfert to device, with automatic conversion to cbz for optimal reading performance
    • MTP device detection
  • Book & picture formats
    • Zip, Rar, 7z
    • CBZ, CBR, CB7
    • Folder of pictures
    • JPG, PNG, TGA, ...
  • Book access
    • Local filesystem
    • FTP support & streaming
  • Various
    • Multilingual support (english, french, ...)
    • 32 and 64 bits exe on Windows
    • Android apk (tested on Android 5 & 6)
    • Compatible but not tested on Linux and Mac Os.

Screenshots

Reader overlay

Reader overlay

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Reader thumbnail & options

Reader thumbnail & options

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Book reading end

Book reading end

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Book collections

Book collections

Book files

Book files

Browser filter

Browser filter

Browser help

Browser help

List of browser options to filter books, shortcut #

Browser menu

Browser menu

Device connection dialog

Device connection dialog

Device browser

Device browser

Device connected

Device connected

Book on device detection & Copy to device

Book on device detection & Copy to device

Browsing collections

Browsing collections

All screenshots taken from a Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact

Browsing books

Browsing books

Reader in vertical mode

Reader in vertical mode

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Reader in vertical mode (menu hidden)

Reader in vertical mode (menu hidden)

Touch on screen to show/hide menu

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Page thumbnails

Page thumbnails

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Reader in horizontal mode

Reader in horizontal mode

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Reader in horizontal mode (menu hidden)

Reader in horizontal mode (menu hidden)

Touch on screen to show/hide menu

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Technology

We're using Scala 2.12, Java 8, Bonzai engine, Lwjgl 2, Apache commons (compress, vfs), sevenzipjbinding, junrar (fork), jmtp (fork), SBT, sbt-android, Android SDK, Launch4j, Git, Eclipse and some icons from Sympletts gallery.