Kitab: a free open-source Rust/GPUI reader for PDF, EPUB, Markdown and comics
TriptoAfsin · reddit · 2026-11-12
Developer t21dev released Kitab, a free AGPL-3.0 desktop reader written in Rust, drawing its UI on the GPU with GPUI and rendering pages via MuPDF — no browser engine, fast startup, near-zero idle CPU.
It opens PDF, EPUB, MOBI, FB2, CBZ, XPS, TXT and Markdown, with tabs and session restore, a cover-flow library, full-text search, bookmarks, presentation and focus modes. Markdown gets GitHub-flavored syntax, code highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, math and live reload. PDFs support highlights, notes, ink and shapes with export to Markdown/CSV, plus local form filling, signing and verification. No account, no telemetry. Available for Windows, macOS and Linux; code on GitHub.
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