Foliate

What it does

Advanced rendering

It supports right-to-left text, vertical writing, fixed-layout books, auto-hyphenation, popup footnotes, and media overlays.checked 8 Oct 2026

Distribution

The project lists packages for Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE, and says it is available on Flathub and the Snap Store.checked 8 Oct 2026

File formats

It opens EPUB, Mobipocket, Kindle, FB2, CBZ, and PDF files.checked 8 Oct 2026

Integrations

Optional Flatpak permissions enable network access for online lookup and translation tools, Speech Dispatcher access for narration, and Tracker access to locate files in the library view.checked 8 Oct 2026

Limit

Text-to-speech is unavailable when the book's embedded audio media overlay is active.checked 8 Oct 2026

Lookup and translation

Foliate can look up words in Wiktionary and Wikipedia and translate passages with Google Translate.checked 8 Oct 2026

Navigation

It includes a table of contents, in-book search, a reading progress slider, navigation history, and touchpad and touchscreen page-turn gestures.checked 8 Oct 2026

Notes

Reading progress, bookmarks, and annotations are stored in JSON files that users can copy to sync or back up.checked 8 Oct 2026

Purpose

Foliate is an e-book reader for Linux.checked 8 Oct 2026

Reading controls

Readers can choose paginated or scrolled mode and adjust font, spacing, margins, and color scheme.checked 8 Oct 2026

Security

Foliate blocks JavaScript and external resources in EPUB files, and recommends running in a sandboxed environment such as its Flatpak package for additional protection.checked 8 Oct 2026

Support

The project directs users to its FAQ, issue tracker, and discussion forum for questions and feedback.checked 8 Oct 2026

Text to speech

Text-to-speech uses Speech Dispatcher and requires Speech Dispatcher and an output module such as espeak-ng to be installed.checked 8 Oct 2026