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A small, fast web browser based on Android WebView. It's tailored for E-Ink devices but also works great on normal android devices.

22 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 3 stories, 19 comments · first 2021-04-20 · latest 2026-08-10

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  1. There are some inspiring design ideas buried in the settings of einkbro and boox device settings. https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro
    comment by appendjeff · 2026-08-10 · in Ask HN: In your experience, what are sound conventions for e-ink UI development?
  2. …GitHub. My most recently implemented suggestion was to provide margins for EinkBro's Reader Mode: < https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro/issues/33 > eInkMode would be a much-desired further improvement.
    comment by dredmorbius · 2025-04-18 · in eInk Mode: Making web pages easier to read
  3. If you have an android based eink device, try einkbro https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro It supports mapping pageUp/down to touch gestures or physical buttons. You can avoid scrolling that way. I wish I had a way to install on a Kindle…
    comment by keheliya · 2025-03-31 · in Palma 2
  4. …is EinkBro (on an e-ink tablet), which similarly doesn't seem to be brain-damaged in this regard. < https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro > I do have Firefox (Fennic Fox F-Droid) installed on that tablet. The reading experience is so…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2025-01-06 · in Web page annoyances that I don't inflict on you
  5. …EInkBro [0] as the browser or ReLaunchX [1] as the launcher, even KOReader as document reader. [0] https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro [1] https://github.com/Leszek111/ReLaunchX
    comment by ajot · 2024-09-04 · in ReMarkable Paper Pro
  6. I wonder if anyone is running einkbro ( https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro ) on this thing. Scrolling long-form web content in slow-refreshing eInk displays is jarring. I wish the browsers in other non-android readers like Kindle Scribe…
    comment by keheliya · 2024-06-28 · in Moaan InkPalm Plus is weird, cheap, small, and my kind of e-reader
  7. …particularly EinkBro (an adaptation of the FOSS Browser) make for a much superior experience: < https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro >. And yes, there are full e-ink monitors which are available for desktop systems: <…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2024-03-03 · in Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard
  8. …admit that EinkBro, an e-ink optimised browser, is giving Termux a run for its money however: < https://github.com/plateaukao/browser >, which has some truly useful features (such as "save to ePub": < https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107958709…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2023-11-20 · in Termux: Linux Applications on Android
  9. …versions of apps.[3] I strongly recommend installing Einkbro, an e-ink optimised browser: ( https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro ) And of course, Termux, a Linux userland based on apt, with over 2,500 packages: ( https://termux.dev/en/ )…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2023-08-01 · in Onyx Boox Tab X review: I wish I had this in college
  10. …any standard Android file transfer method. (My preferred route is scp or rsync under Termux.) < https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro >
    comment by dredmorbius · 2023-07-29 · in How to Roman Republic 101
  11. EinkBro is a browser which by default uses pagination. https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro
    comment by smnrg · 2023-01-28 · in Hisense Hi Reader Pro: Android smartphone with a 6.1 inch E Ink display
  12. …nothing against cookie pop-ups. A DDG browser with e-ink tuning might be interesting. EinkBro: < https://github.com/plateaukao/browser > Useful features: - Paginated navigation. This is based on touch regions rather than gestures. -…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2022-12-26 · in DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites
  13. …works quite well. Better if you're using a browser optimised for the medium. Einkbro is excellent: https://github.com/plateaukao/browser
    comment by dredmorbius · 2022-07-15 · in The digital typewriter and the unnecessarily costly pursuit of focus
  14. …the EinkBro web browser, which is as the name might suggest, optimised for e-ink devices. https://github.com/plateaukao/browser It's preferable to any other GUI browser on the device (versions of Firefox and Chrome), and even beats out…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2022-07-03 · in Tabbed browsing: a lousy band-aid over poor browser state management (2014)
  15. …of e-ink displays. (I've had numerous exchanges with the developer, Daniel Kao, and he gets it.) https://github.com/plateaukao/browser Text- and static-graphic-centric presentation works well. High-colour and dynamic displays don't . A…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2022-06-29 · in The Modos Paper Monitor
  16. Einkbro https://github.com/plateaukao/browser High-contrast, paginated nav, minimum animation, save-to-ePub (see my recent comments here), font scaling, adblocking, and more.
    comment by dredmorbius · 2022-05-18 · in Please Stop Using Grey Text
  17. …/toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107958709435468728 6. I've had a lengthy GitHub discussion with the developer: https://github.com/plateaukao/browser/issues/107
    comment by dredmorbius · 2022-05-18 · in Please Stop Using Grey Text
  18. …immensely useful tool. Yes, it's a standalone browser, not a mode on Firefox, Safari, Vivalti, etc. https://github.com/plateaukao/browser (Available through Google Play, F-Droid and other sources. Android-only, sorry iOS fans.) What it…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2021-08-25 · in The most underused browser feature: reader mode
  19. …I now actively avoid HTML, or at least launch it in a browser designed with e-ink in mind (EInkBro: https://github.com/plateaukao/browser ). Otherwise, my large (13.3") high-DPI (200+) B&W ebook reader is an excellent long-form immersive…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2021-07-20 · in Deurbanising the Web [pdf]