Hoshi Reader is a lightweight Japanese EPUB reader with Yomitan dictionary support, made for immersion learning.
If you'd like to try out features early consider joining the TestFlight Beta
- Vertical (縦書き) and horizontal (横書き) text
- Yomitan-like pop-up dictionary with deinflection support
- Support for all Yomitan term, frequency and pitch dictionaries
- Audio support for Yomitan online and local audio sources made for Ankiconnect Android
- AnkiMobile integration with one-click mining
- Support for all core handlebars used by Lapis
- ッツ Reader sync
- Reading statistics
- Dictionary search
- Bookshelves
- Custom themes, fonts and css
- Clone the repository.
- Open
HoshiReader.xcodeprojin Xcode.
If you're planning on contributing a feature or significant change, please open an issue or message me on Discord first. I can't guarantee I'll accept every PR or feature, as I try to keep the project aligned with my own ideas.
| Name | License |
|---|---|
| hoshidicts | GPLv3 |
| EPUBKit | MIT |
| SwiftUI Introspect | MIT |
| Name | Description | License |
|---|---|---|
| Ankiconnect Android | Local Audio implementation | GPLv3 |
| Yomitan | Pitch accent implementation, Furigana Segmenter | GPLv3 |
| ッツ Ebook Reader | Statistics | BSD-3 |
| JMdict for Yomitan | Recommended term dictionary | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Jiten | Recommended frequency dictionary | Apache-2.0 |
| Kanji alive | Default audio source | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Tofugu/WaniKani Audio | Default audio source | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
Please open an issue here or in the TMW thread.
- TheMoeWay - Enabling me to start learning real Japanese through immersion.
- Yomitan - For serving as an invaluable tool and the primary inspiration for the pop-up dictionary.
- Ankiconnect Android - For providing a great mining experience on Android, which this project aims to replicate.
- ッツ Ebook Reader - Inspiring the core reading experience.
- 星街すいせい (Hoshimachi Suisei) - For being my motivation behind learning Japanese and giving the project a name (星読み).
Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for more information.
