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24 mentions on Hacker News by 22 people: 3 stories, 21 comments · first 2019-03-03 · latest 2026-07-29

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  1. https://github.com/baskerville/plato might interest you. I've yet to try it, personally.
    comment by BoingBoomTschak · 2026-07-29 · in KOReader
  2. I have a kobo ebook with [plato]( https://github.com/baskerville/plato ), it includes koreader but I found the built in mupdf much more intuitive and elegant.
    comment by mendelmaleh · 2026-07-29 · in KOReader
  3. …is awesome and it's my go to for most e-reader reading. I've recently been trying out Plato ( https://github.com/baskerville/plato ) as well and it has a really nice experience for reading PDFs. It crops the margins and pages through the…
    comment by monomial · 2026-07-29 · in KOReader
  4. …an incredible gem, but I do find it quite bloated in features. Which is why I plan on trying https://github.com/baskerville/plato one of these days, to see if it does everything I need.
    comment by a-french-anon · 2025-04-01 · in KOReader: Open-Source eBook Reader
  5. …a snapper UI and made exclusively for kobo and written in Rust by the guy responsible for bspwm. https://github.com/baskerville/plato
    comment by fvrther · 2025-02-17 · in All Kindles can now be jailbroken
  6. …inspirational. It frequently reminds me that the best UI should not be noticed. Humbling. [0] https://github.com/baskerville/plato
    comment by mcovalt · 2024-10-17 · in Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more
  7. …normal use). They support loading your own software on without any "jailbreak", and I use Plato ( https://github.com/baskerville/plato ), which renders documents significantly faster than the stock reader.
    comment by erikw · 2024-06-22 · in Daylight Computer tablet review
  8. …[2] https://pocketbookstore.com/en-ca [3] https://github.com/koreader/koreader [4] https://github.com/baskerville/plato [5] https://calibre-ebook.com/
    comment by stuxnet79 · 2024-04-21 · in Ask HN: Best Open E-Reader?
  9. …the big reading servers (Kavita, Komga, Calibre). Edit: Found the issue, it's under consideration: https://github.com/baskerville/plato/issues/69
    comment by majora2007 · 2024-04-11 · in Plato Document Reader for Kobo E-Readers
  10. …2 stock reader and KOReader didn't choke on an .epub with the entire Bible in one xhtml file. [0]: https://github.com/baskerville/plato
    comment by hopw_roewur_ne · 2024-04-11 · in KOReader Document Viewer for E Ink devices
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    Plato Document Reader for Kobo E-Readers
    story by TheFreim · 2024-04-11 · 3 comments
  12. I noticed some similarities in the source code to https://github.com/baskerville/plato/ Is there some common source for Kobo-compatable rust code that you both drew from, or was plato the original source? EDIT: Nevermind, should have…
    comment by yoru-sulfur · 2022-08-14 · in Show HN: A VNC viewer for eInk devices capable of 30 FPS when writing text
  13. …a lot more there. [0] https://github.com/koreader/koreader [1] https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/ [2] https://github.com/baskerville/plato [3] http://pbchess.vlasovsoft.net/en/ [4] https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=223
    comment by Georgelemental · 2022-02-23 · in How Ebooks Have Poisoned Electronic Ink
  14. …up more customization than the default reading app allows for. https://github.com/koreader/koreader https://github.com/baskerville/plato
    comment by nvllsvm · 2022-02-23 · in How Ebooks Have Poisoned Electronic Ink
  15. The author seems to have missed KoReader ( http://koreader.rocks ) and Plato ( https://github.com/baskerville/plato ), both of which are not user-hostile and work on Kobo and ReMarkable.
    comment by 30367286 · 2022-02-23 · in How Ebooks Have Poisoned Electronic Ink
  16. …alternative to builtin reader app, the only drawback is they can't open DRM-protected books. https://github.com/baskerville/plato https://github.com/koreader
    comment by freewizard · 2021-09-21 · in I like e-readers now
  17. I like Plato, too. Plus it's written in Rust! https://github.com/baskerville/plato
    comment by cbHXBY1D · 2021-05-20 · in Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
  18. …interface. It also has support for hooks, with a Wallabag integration as the example. 1: https://github.com/baskerville/plato
    comment by hpfr · 2021-04-20 · in Zenreader: A 4.7" E-Ink RSS Reader
  19. …like its interface one bit, but feature-wise it gets the job done just fine. There's also Plato ( https://github.com/baskerville/plato ) for Kobo devices, though KOReader works there as well. In my experience jailbreaking a Kobo device is…
    comment by input_sh · 2020-08-25 · in Amazon drops Linux support for generating Kindle ebooks
  20. Plato is also good: https://github.com/baskerville/plato I switched to it from Koreader.
    comment by cbHXBY1D · 2020-05-27 · in I won’t buy ebooks anymore
  21. A Kobo would be far easier. Some people have even written entire document readers for Kobos in Rust: https://github.com/baskerville/plato
    comment by cbHXBY1D · 2020-04-30 · in Hacking Together an E-ink Dashboard
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    Plato: A document reader for Kobo's e-readers
    story by a_bored_husky · 2020-04-13 · 0 comments
  23. There is also plato. Original repo: https://github.com/baskerville/plato libremarkable fork: https://github.com/darvin/plato
    comment by therein · 2019-07-07 · in Running an eInk Display with Elixir, Scenic and Nerves
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    Plato – A document reader for Kobo's e-ink devices using Rust
    story by iBelieve · 2019-03-03 · 1 comment