hygg is a terminal-based document reader designed around Vim-inspired navigation. It provides a minimal interface for reading PDF, EPUB and other document formats, concentrating on keyboard controls and presenting text without unnecessary distractions.
The application converts supported documents into readable terminal content and adjusts the layout to suit the available terminal width. It supports searching, text selection, bookmarks and automatic progress saving, allowing readers to resume lengthy documents where they left off.
hygg also includes facilities for executing commands from selected text and displaying command output alongside documents. Optional synchronisation capabilities allow reading progress to be shared between clients. The reader is licensed separately from its source-available synchronisation server.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Reads PDF, EPUB, DOCX and other document formats through conversion tools.
- Optional OCR for extracting text from scanned documents.
- Minimal terminal interface with Vim-inspired navigation.
- Automatic text justification to match terminal width.
- Full-text searching within documents.
- Visual text selection and copying.
- Supports highlighting important passages.
- Bookmarks for quickly returning to document locations.
- Automatically saves reading progress.
- Customisable keyboard-driven workflows.
- Executes shell commands using selected text.
- Split view for displaying command output alongside documents.
- Includes an interactive tutorial for learning the controls.
- Optional synchronisation of reading progress between clients.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/kruseio/hygg
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Developer: Ragnar Kruse
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
hygg is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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