The One with the Thoughts of Frans

As one of the maintainers of KOReader, a versatile a document and image viewer, I’m proud to announce the latest release.

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A random sampling from some new features: full-text search now has a start page (#13798); the OPDS browser has gained syncing and “facets” (#14089), which will allow you to change the sort order among other things on supporting feeds. Dictionaries are now more fiddly (the good kind, with presets, #13774), and cloud storage downloads offer a progress bar (#13650). CBR comics (#13780), and of course more supported devices as always. Also ToC search (#13906), improvements to footnote style tweaks (#13554). For more, please see below.

This month’s logo was contributed by @Sonnenfee

We’d like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include:

• [plugin] HttpInspector: fix crash when starting server (#13541) @JManch
• bump metadata translations (#13551) @pazos
• [FocusManager] correct cursor keys in RTL (#13362) @Commodore64user
• Statistics: do not read settings for pic documents (#13561) @hius07
• [DictQuickLookup] make the widget’s width user patchable (#13497) @Commodore64user
• bump base (MuPDF 1.25.6 and others) (#13585, #13764, #13736, #13850, #13817, #13866, #13971) @benoit-pierre
• NetworkManager: check if proxy URL can be parsed (#13562) @Frenzie
• bump luajit-launcher for onyx boox poke6 koreader/android-luajit-launcher#547 (#13595) @benoit-pierre
• android: fix STL (#13594) @benoit-pierre
• Screensaver: improve sleep screen message (#13571) @hius07
• Statistics: revert erroneous nextTick in onReaderReady() (#13592) @hius07
• Debian: misc changes (#13596) @pazos
• add kindle basic 5 hall file (#13603) @jacksonhack
• ReaderStatus: fix “open next file” with sort by metadata (#13621) @hius07
• Text editor: fix notebook file mess (#13624) @hius07
• add hall file for PW6 (#13615) @mergen3107
• Fix Location Stack Issues (#13607) @yparitcher
• [i18n] Change Korean language name (#13634) @OctopusET
• Issue template: convert to form and add log instructions for deskop (#13633, #13637) @Frenzie
• reMarkable Paper Pro support (#13620) @NoaHimesaka1873
• Collections: select books (#13628) @hius07
• [ReaderLink] add missing footnote settings to NT devices (#13597) @Commodore64user
• Add a new Kobo Clara BW device ID and codename (#13648) @Frenzie
• [CoverImage] Add rotate image option (#13604) @apgrc
• fix: missing remarkable-aarch64 make file (#13656) @NoaHimesaka1873
• NT Device: BookMap and PageBrowser (#12579) @comphilip
• Add “Open (opened+unopened) random document” on long-press (#13160) @artjomsR
• remarkable: factorize update rules (#13665) @benoit-pierre
• android: remove vendor hacks from event_map (#13660) @pazos
• Style tweaks: fix saving document settings as default (#13673) @hius07
• Status bar sort items: dim inactive items (#13682) @hius07
• Gesture intervals: adjust long- and very-long-press intervals (#13690) @hius07
• Minor changes to PageBrowser/BookMap/ReaderHandmade (#13691) @jonnyl2
• Status bar: dynamic filler (#13702) @hius07
• [ReaderFooter] add status bar presets (#13689) @Commodore64user
• [screensaver_menu] QoL: make changing random folder easier (#13584) @Commodore64user
• ci/macos: minor tweaks (#13725) @benoit-pierre
• Add notification when toggling ‘Ignore long-press on corners’ via Dispatcher (#13605) @jonnyl2
• Status bar presets: action in Dispatcher (#13718) @hius07
• Collection: filter new books (#13724) @hius07
• filemanagerutil: fix path in “Choose file” dialog (#13733) @hius07
• calibre: rework connection setup (#13704) @benoit-pierre
• Fix file transfer from Calibre to Remarkable Paper Pro (#13732) @gray-open
• Exporter: better logs, bump deprecation message (#13659) @pazos
• ReaderHighlight, ReaderBookmark: Highlight button labels, Bookmark details button order (#13735) @jonnyl2
• Status bar: dynamic filler and presets fixes (#13739) @hius07
• OPDSBrowser: fix “Downloading…” message (#13742) @hius07
• Add PocketBook Verse Lite (PB619) (#13760) @ElimGarak1
• [SDL] set useDPadAsActionKeys flag with DISABLE_TOUCH (#13769) @Commodore64user
• ci: bump docker images (#13767) @benoit-pierre
• cmake: bump minimum required version to 3.17.5 (#13775) @benoit-pierre
• Add option to start SSH server with KOReader (#13772) @RedFox0x20
• Annotations export/import: merge (keep existing annotations) (#13751) @hius07
• CBR support (#13780) @benoit-pierre
• Status bar: fixes (#13746) @hius07
• [ScreenSaver] handle case where a file is lastfile but has now been reset (#13747) @Commodore64user
• reMarkable: Make sleep/waking up w/o launcher work and properly exit when KO_DONT_GRAB_INPUT is set (#13795) @NoaHimesaka1873
• [plugin] NewsDownloader: fix RSS feeds (#13799) @Frenzie
• calibre: fix setting inbox from menu (#13805) @benoit-pierre
• ImageViewer: small optimization (#13807) @benoit-pierre
• Network timeout settings for wallabug plugin (#13786) @zikasak
• android: Go Color 7 follows gravity (#13823) @ghost
• [Android] Add DictTango external dictionary support (#13832) @jonnyl2
• [ReaderDictionary] Enable dictionary prioritisation via new menu (#13768) @Commodore64user
• feat: add set lock orientation in dispatcher (#13835) @OGKevin
• Dispatcher: update action name or value (#13831) @hius07
• Fulltext search: start page (#13798) @hius07
• Highlights: extend (#13815) @hius07
• Coverbrowser: optimize display mode switching (#13822) @hius07
• tools/mkrelease: fix bug in AWK helpers (#13847) @benoit-pierre
• [MovableContainer] allow widget repositioning on non-touch devices (#13703) @Commodore64user
• Fixing OPDS bulk download auth (#13851) @magebeans
• style tweak: Extend inpage footnotes (#13554) @moben
• [feat] Dispatcher: Add ‘Set page-turn button inversion’ (#13836) @OGKevin
• Add periods to plugin descriptions for consistency. in #13857
• use new Archiver module where applicable (#13782) @benoit-pierre
• macos: no need to bundle tar anymore (#13861) @benoit-pierre
• battery stats – nit on wording (#13476) @mergen3107
• FileChooser: Un-blacklist ‘dict’ and ‘custom-dict’ dirs in File browser (#13829) @jonnyl2
• bump luajit-launcher (#13867) @benoit-pierre
• calibre: increase no-activity timeout (#13846) @benoit-pierre
• libarchive based android luajit launcher (#13796) @benoit-pierre
• appimage: update appimagetool (#13885) @benoit-pierre
• ota: prevent deadlock delaying an update (#13889) @benoit-pierre
• tools/mkrelease: fix ZSTD compressed TAR format extension (#13887) @benoit-pierre
• Profiles auto-exec “On showing folder”: add “path is (not) equal” conditions (#13873) @hius07
• NewsDownloader: Include author’s name in summary when “Download full article”=false (#13842) @k-leveller
• Add tests for NewsDownloader (#13806) @Frenzie
• Added Onyx Boox Go 7 to devices that follow gravity. (#13872) @jadehawk
• [Hotkeys] bug fix: don’t override readerfont when reading pdf/djvu files (#13896) @Commodore64user
• Collections: fix manual sorting (#13898) @hius07
• DJVU: add getTextBoxes() (#13897) @hius07
• ButtonDialog: add widgets (#13893) @hius07
• css_tweaks: Add generic setting for smaller inpage footnotes (#13613) @moben
• [DictQuickLookup] enable full-screen mode for open dictionary window (#13862) @Commodore64user
• Add setting to change the category in Nextcloud notes (#13883) @schiessle
• TouchMenu: optimize item removal (#13901) @hius07
• [ReaderDictionary] match words when they are Capitalised (#13884) @Commodore64user
• ToC: search (#13906) @hius07
• VocabBuilder plugin: show copy button on duplication when adding (#13876) @weijiuqiao
• [plugin] NewsDownloader: fix getEmptyFeed() call (#13945) @Frenzie
• BookStatus widget: minor fixes (#13943) @hius07
• tests: fix newsdownloader tests isolation (#13954) @benoit-pierre
• update building & testing docs + kodev tweak (#13953) @benoit-pierre
• [Calibre] React to SEND_BOOK_METADATA opcode (#13920) @emrsmsrli
• ReadCollection: minor speedup (#13958) @hius07
• feat: Adds progress bar to cloud storage downloads (#13650) @Linus045
• bump luajit-launcher (#13924) @hugleo
• gettext: fix handling of fuzzy translations (#13966) @benoit-pierre
• [Presets] add new presets.lua module and dictionary presets (#13774) @Commodore64user
• [Hotkeys] remove alphabetic hotkeys from K4 (#13950) @Commodore64user
• [ReaderHighlight] NT: add key event to simulate a very long press (#13914) @Commodore64user
• [ReaderHighlight] NT: add better support for extending highlights (#13917) @Commodore64user
• [DictQuickLookup] create addQueryWordToFirstResult method (#13911) @Commodore64user
• gettext: switch to binary catalogs (#13967) @benoit-pierre
• close keyboard after calling search with preset (#13976) @Commodore64user
• Gesture overview (#13909) @hius07
• Enable comma in filenames (#13985) @hius07
• improve ota updates (#13888) @benoit-pierre
• ci/macos: fix “Dump build timings” step (#13992) @benoit-pierre
• Pass ui parameter to all collate item_func (#13981) @wfdewith
• Fix wallabag directories’ trailing slashes (#14001) @harmtemolder
• Touchmenu: fix menu refreshing on check (#13996) @hius07
• ReaderHighlight: fix accidental tap while long-pressing (#14004) @hius07
• Add OPDS sync feature (#13946) @Volterxien
• Dictionary: fix invalid highlight when switching dictionary (#14028) @TnS-hun
• File browser Plus: fix add/remove folder shortcut (#14032) @hius07
• TouchMenu: optimize (#14027, #14040) @hius07
• Moving download all and remove all buttons in OPDS download menu (#14024) @Volterxien
• ReaderHighlight: fix long-pressing on image (#14048) @hius07
• [plugin] wallabag – allow filtering download to starred articles (#14051) @fkaduk
• [fix] Improve handling of illegal vFAT filenames. (#14043) @michal-mnich
• Support Kindle Oasis (KOA) charging cover “soda” (#13133) @snajczuk
• [ReaderDictionary] clean interpuncts, pipes and up arrows from text selection (#14031, #14118) @Commodore64user
• [plugin] Terminal Emulator: implement delWord for terminal (#14059) @Frenzie
• launch read timer with gesture (#14061) @Volterxien
• ci: update build configurations (#14069) @benoit-pierre
• bump base and crengine (#14068) @poire-z
• Toggling Kosync auto sync from gestures (#14037) @Offlinemaker
• kodev: use LLDB for debugging on macOS (#14072) @benoit-pierre
• Typos (harmless) (#14079) @zwim
• terminal plugin fixes (#14090) @benoit-pierre
• feat(opds): add support for facets via a context menu (#14089) @zeedif
• [Autowarmth] Fix nightmode only in non Expert-Mode (#14104) @zwim
• Satisfy FR #13163: Option to hide the “night mode changed” warning (#13253) @ly-pa
• [touchmenu] simplify code and finish early (#14113) @zwim
• Add .footnote1 class to classic classname footnotes style tweak (#14119) @Frenzie
• [reMarkable] Fix wifi management and add xovi env variables (#14096) @lepeli
• bump luajit-launcher, Add Hyread Gaze Note Plus CC to color devices (#14125) @hugleo
• [Kobo] Enable wake on page turn buttons (#13669) @kodermike
• Profiles: auto exec promptly (#14133) @hius07
• readerhighlight: fix datetime_updated for new highlights (#14155) @hius07
• [Android] Add Go Color 7 II to devices that follow gravity (#14156) @Gropinou
• fix/remarkable: update for new AppLoad/qtfb-shim (#14162) @NoaHimesaka1873
• fix/remarkable: proper OTA model for remarkable-aarch64, do not set 8bpp depth for rMPP (#14163) @NoaHimesaka1873
• VocabBuilder.koplugin: supports removing word in-place after addition (#14127) @weijiuqiao
• OPDS Plugin: Ensure the default download filename is consistent across different platforms (#13709) @spfenwick

New Contributors

• @JManch made their first contribution in #13541
• @jacksonhack made their first contribution in #13603
• @OctopusET made their first contribution in #13634
• @NoaHimesaka1873 made their first contribution in #13620
• @apgrc made their first contribution in #13604
• @artjomsR made their first contribution in #13160
• @gray-open made their first contribution in #13732
• @RedFox0x20 made their first contribution in #13772
• @zikasak made their first contribution in #13786
• @OGKevin made their first contribution in #13835
• @magebeans made their first contribution in #13851
• @k-leveller made their first contribution in #13842
• @jadehawk made their first contribution in #13872
• @schiessle made their first contribution in #13883
• @emrsmsrli made their first contribution in #13920
• @Volterxien made their first contribution in #13946
• @fkaduk made their first contribution in #14051
• @michal-mnich made their first contribution in #14043
• @snajczuk made their first contribution in #13133
• @Offlinemaker made their first contribution in #14037
• @zeedif made their first contribution in #14089
• @ly-pa made their first contribution in #13253

Full Changelog: v2025.04...v2025.08 — closed milestone issues

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