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An open-source, Qt-based eBook reader for Kobos (and other devices).

10 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 1 story, 9 comments · first 2023-03-15 · latest 2026-06-15

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  1. …So much so that QuillOS which used to be Kobo focused rewrote to support the PineNote https://github.com/Quill-OS/quill https://quill-os.org/ The point is to buy hardware that is built for you to freely modify and fully own, from the…
    comment by hardwaresofton · 2026-06-15 · in Your ePub Is fine
  2. …has a color option and is likely slightly less hackable. [EDIT] Ah, I think this is what I found: https://github.com/Quill-OS/quill Kobo’s switch to secure boot made things harder for Quill which seemed to be the only custom OS.
    comment by hardwaresofton · 2026-05-28 · in Rust (and Slint) on a Jailbroken Kindle
  3. …is like nowadays, and whether widely packaged software can make it usable as an ebook reader? 0. https://github.com/Quill-OS/quill
    comment by franklyworks · 2025-12-16 · in Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders
  4. Currently supported devices lists Kindle Touch: https://github.com/Quill-OS/quill/wiki#currently-supported-d...
    comment by Curiositry · 2025-12-16 · in Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders
  5. …causing the developers of the Inkbox/Quill alternative distro to abandon the entire project: https://github.com/Quill-OS/quill
    comment by ptx · 2025-02-17 · in All Kindles can now be jailbroken
  6. …environment on my clara HD with an external keyboard. There's also this interesting project: https://github.com/Quill-OS/quill
    comment by sriacha · 2024-04-10 · in Kobo announces color e-readers
  7. https://github.com/Kobo-InkBox/inkbox#readme appears to be the non-ddns.net version, and is GPLv3
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-06-27 · in InkBox OS – open-source, fully-functional standalone OS for Kobo's eReaders
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    Kobo InkBox Release 2.0
    story by abawany · 2023-06-21 · 0 comments
  9. …inkbox[0]/epireader[1], soli[1] (finger gesture/sign the key(s)), diy open source glasses[3] [0] : https://github.com/Kobo-InkBox/inkbox [1] : https://gitlab.com/guyjeangilles/piereader [2] : https://atap.google.com/soli/techno [3] :…
    comment by sargstuff · 2023-03-16 · in Ask HN: Why do students still hand write notes?
  10. …Open source smart glasses : https://github.com/TeamOpenSmartGlasses/OpenSourceSmartGlass... [1] : https://github.com/Kobo-InkBox/inkbox [2] : https://gitlab.com/guyjeangilles/piereader
    comment by sargstuff · 2023-03-15 · in Zed, the new code editor from Atom developers, has entered open beta