The Evening Reader
Warm paper tones for late-night sessions. Easy on the eyes, rich like aged parchment.
Calm reading, open source.
A distraction-free reader for PDF and EPUB. Paper-like themes, real typography, chrome that gets out of the way.
Why
Most desktop readers fall into two traps: feature-heavy but ugly, or pretty on mobile only. Folio started as an answer to that gap — a small, serious app you can trust with long sessions.
Good reading software should feel like a book, not a browser tab full of toolbars.
Features
Read both formats in one app. PDF rendered via WebAssembly, EPUB with full continuous scroll and chapter navigation.
Your library at a glance. Cover thumbnails, last-read position, and automatic file remapping when you move things around.
Sepia for evening, light for day, dark for night. Carefully tuned paper tones — not just inverted colors.
Full RTL support with Vazirmatn, Samim, Shabnam, and more. Plus carefully chosen English reading faces like Literata.
Chrome hides when you read. Header and footer appear on edge hover or press M. The page is the experience.
An optional screen-fixed leading line to keep your place. Adjustable height, hue, and lock position.
Themes
Three reading modes, each tuned to feel like real paper at different times of day.
Warm paper tones for late-night sessions. Easy on the eyes, rich like aged parchment.
Clean and crisp for bright rooms. High contrast, cool tones, maximum legibility.
Soft charcoal, not pure black. Warm ink on cool gray — designed for the darkest hours.
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