MobiVerse 2.5.0

MobiVerse 2.5.0 (15)

MobiVerse 2.5.0 makes reading more immersive, makes browser downloads easier to manage, and strengthens first-launch verification for newly installed copies.

Highlights

• Rebuilt the EPUB reader around distraction-free reading with auto-hiding controls and cursor, full-screen support, and quick keyboard navigation.
• Added single-page, two-page spread, and continuous-scroll comic modes with direction-aware page ordering for left-to-right and right-to-left books.
• Added adaptive comic canvas colors, image caching, adjacent-page preloading, and smoother page transitions.
• Improved the text reader with reading-direction-aware navigation while preserving theme, typography, and reading-position controls.
• Reworked Browse downloads into a smoothly scrolling vertical list with clearer progress and status information.
• Added per-download record removal with confirmation. Removing a completed record never deletes the downloaded book file; removing an active record cancels the transfer and removes its partial file.

First-launch reliability

• The packaged app still launches against a fresh preferences directory and must remain alive through the stability window.
• The final DMG now passes integrity verification, copies MobiVerse into a clean Applications-like directory, verifies the copied app's deep strict signature, detaches the installer image, and cold-launches the installed copy with fresh preferences.
• This preserves the packaged-resource fix introduced in 2.4.1 and catches regressions that only appear after copying the app out of its DMG.

Verification

• 51 macOS automated tests passed across 14 suites.
• 55 Windows core tests passed.
• Shell packaging scripts and website JavaScript passed syntax checks.
• The packaged app and the cleanly installed DMG copy passed fresh-user launch stability checks.
• App version: 2.5.0 (15).
• Architecture: Apple Silicon (arm64).
• Minimum system: macOS 14.
• DMG SHA-256: adb568eab5a90aeedf5fb04419696df25feafbf3cb774d9ecf2169292caeb19e.

Installation

1. Download MobiVerse-2.5.0.dmg from this release.
2. Open the DMG and drag MobiVerse.app to Applications.
3. Replace the previous version when Finder asks.

Distribution note

This build is ad-hoc signed because no Apple Developer ID identity is available in the release environment. It is not Apple-notarized, so macOS may require the user to approve opening it. That Gatekeeper prompt is separate from an application first-launch crash. A future public build requires a Developer ID Application certificate and notarization to eliminate the warning.

MobiVerse 2.4.1 — First-launch reliability

MobiVerse 2.4.1 (14)

MobiVerse 2.4.1 is a macOS reliability patch focused on safe first launch for newly installed users and precise workspace toolbar alignment.

Fixes

• Fixed a first-launch crash caused by resolving localized resources through a development-only SwiftPM bundle accessor after installation.
• Kept the Browse new-tab button in the trailing action area immediately left of Downloads.
• Centered the Shelf/Browse workspace control for short Simplified Chinese labels.
• Strengthened release smoke testing so the packaged app must launch with a fresh preferences directory and remain alive through a stability window.
• Added a second launch check from the final mounted DMG and reliable cleanup of the test mount.

Verification

• 51 automated tests passed across 14 suites.
• Shell packaging scripts and website JavaScript passed syntax checks.
• The packaged app and the app inside the mounted DMG each launched with a fresh preferences directory and remained running for the full five-second stability window.
• The DMG passed hdiutil verify.
• The app passed deep strict code-signature verification.
• App version: 2.4.1 (14).
• Architecture: Apple Silicon (arm64).
• Minimum system: macOS 14.
• DMG SHA-256: 7e34563f413cd6a6e3cb2ced9c950bead34e2e48c772bf9cdfc57c632ca1c517.

Installation

1. Download MobiVerse-2.4.1.dmg from this release.
2. Open the DMG and drag MobiVerse.app to Applications.
3. Replace the previous version when Finder asks.

Distribution note

This build is ad-hoc signed because no Apple Developer ID identity is available in the release environment. It is not Apple-notarized, so macOS may require the user to approve opening it. This Gatekeeper prompt is separate from the application first-launch crash fixed in this release.

MobiVerse 2.4.0 — Chinese UI & 3D Shelf

MobiVerse 2.4.0 (13)

MobiVerse 2.4.0 is a macOS usability and localization release focused on a responsive 3D shelf, reliable Browse downloads, and a complete Simplified Chinese interface.

Highlights

• Added complete Simplified Chinese localization with an in-app selector for Simplified Chinese, English, or the macOS system language.
• Added an interactive 3D shelf with direct visible-book selection and smooth spring transitions.
• Stabilized 3D shelf hit testing by locking the mouse-down target and keeping hover effects from changing book geometry.
• Prewarmed and retained book nodes so random selections remain responsive without sacrificing transition animation.
• Moved converting, validating, and newly completed books to the front of the shelf.
• Added animated Browse download activity and made Cancel stop and remove active downloads immediately.
• Optimized cover and metadata extraction for large EPUB files without expanding the full archive.
• Removed the redundant green completion strip from 3D book covers.

Verification

• 51 automated tests passed across 14 suites.
• Simplified Chinese was verified in the Shelf, Browse, browser settings, and 3D shelf interfaces.
• The release app bundles Calibre, EPUBCheck, and Java.
• DMG SHA-256: 3f2c7d86cd84a241d62e6b997427aef07044f17acac6c7e912ea1b256aaac2e7.
• Apple Silicon (arm64), macOS 14 or later.

Installation

1. Download MobiVerse-2.4.0.dmg from this release.
2. Open the DMG and drag MobiVerse.app to Applications.
3. Replace the previous version when Finder asks.

Distribution note

This build is ad-hoc signed and is not Apple-notarized. macOS may require the user to confirm opening an app downloaded from the internet.

MobiVerse 2.3.1 — Reliability Fixes

MobiVerse 2.3.1 (12)

MobiVerse 2.3.1 is a macOS reliability release for browser downloads and comic conversion.

Fixes

• Prevented a SwiftUI import-review binding race from crashing the app while the review sheet closes.
• Corrected fixed-layout comic OPF output so EPUBCheck receives exactly one dcterms:modified value, SVG declarations on XHTML manifest items, and no invalid SVG property on spine item references.
• Made main-frame PDF responses in Browse download automatically, including temporary signed URLs without a .pdf suffix.
• Kept embedded PDF frames viewable and added a persistent setting for automatic PDF download versus browser preview.

Verification

• 49 automated tests passed across 14 suites.
• The release app bundles Calibre, EPUBCheck, and Java.
• DMG SHA-256: 28d4a01cdbc775da8cc2ff7764f01f448404a2771fbdbb0b5a7df1040c69b45b.
• Apple Silicon (arm64), macOS 14 or later.

Distribution note

This build is ad-hoc signed and is not Apple-notarized. macOS may require the user to confirm opening an app downloaded from the internet.

MobiVerse 2.3.0 — Browse, Smart Import & Paginated Reader

MobiVerse 2.3.0 (11) — macOS

MobiVerse 2.3.0 turns the macOS app into a complete local reading workspace: browse legal ebook sources, validate downloads, review locally detected book types, convert through the correct text or comic pipeline, and read in a refined paginated preview. No ebook website is bundled, promoted, or endorsed.

Browse and downloads

• New Shelf / Browse workspace with an isolated persistent WKWebView, tabs, back/forward/reload/home controls, address/search input, and persistent website sessions.
• Chrome-style bookmark star: click to add the current site and show its chip below the address bar; click again to remove both. Bookmarks are user-managed and the start page contains no fixed ebook sites.
• Download tray with progress, pause, cancel, retry, source domain, duplicate-name handling, configurable download location, and Finder reveal.
• Downloads are staged and validated using file signatures, MIME type, extension, and real content. HTML error pages, executables, and disguised or unsupported files are rejected before import.
• Redesigned browser settings in MobiVerse's warm editorial palette, including download location, bookmark management, and one-click clearing of cookies, cache, and browser history. Books, bookmarks, and conversion history are not deleted.
• The online browser and offline EPUB preview use separate WebView configurations. Preview remains non-persistent, blocks scripts and remote resources, confines local paths, and cannot share browser cookies.

Intelligent local import

• Browser downloads, file selection, and drag-and-drop now share one analyze → review → convert flow.
• Local-only classification identifies text books, comics/image books, or uncertain files and shows confidence plus concise evidence. Nothing is uploaded to an AI or remote classification service.
• Batch review supports user overrides and left-to-right or right-to-left comic direction. Low-confidence items require a choice.
• EPUB files are safely parsed, classified, given a cover, and added directly to the shelf without unnecessary repackaging.
• Downloaded but unconfirmed items are persisted for later review; older conversion history remains backward-compatible without reprocessing.

Conversion and Japanese EPUB 3 repair

• Explicit text-reflow and comic-fixed-layout conversion profiles now route each book correctly.
• Text books avoid comic CSS, fixed-layout metadata, RTL metadata, and comic post-processing. Text PDFs use Calibre reflow.
• Comics retain image normalization, fixed-layout EPUB metadata, reading direction, Apple Books compatibility behavior, and the native PDFKit fixed-layout path.
• AZW/MOBI text conversions now target EPUB 3.
• Japanese ruby annotations (ruby / rt) are preserved. Before EPUBCheck, MobiVerse automatically repairs invalid XML IDs, broken stylesheet/resource references, and NCX play order instead of deleting annotations.
• EPUBCheck zero-warning summaries are recognized correctly.

Reader and appearance

• Reflowable EPUB preview is now a viewport-fitted paginated reader with horizontal page turns, refined typography, reading themes, and reader controls instead of vertical chapter scrolling.
• Comic/image EPUB pages fit the reader and turn horizontally.
• Reopening a preview restores the exact section and page for text books and the exact page for comics, with legacy position data supported.
• Shelf, Browse, settings, import review, and preview chrome now adapt consistently to macOS light and dark appearances.
• New persistent appearance control: Follow System, Light, or Dark.
• Dark-mode still-life artwork now uses a high-resolution antialiased asset and matches the light illustration's visual size.

Packaging and compatibility

• The macOS DMG always includes Calibre, EPUBCheck, and the Java runtime required by EPUBCheck. No separate conversion or validation install is needed.
• Existing output collision protection, conversion progress, retry, cover cache, reports, Finder reveal, deletion, and history behavior are preserved.
• macOS only in this release; the Windows release remains 2.2.0.
• Apple Silicon (arm64), macOS 14 or later.

Verification

• 43 automated tests across 13 suites passed.
• DMG mounted and verified successfully; embedded app signature and bundled Calibre, EPUBCheck, and Java were checked.
• SHA-256: 3ac2d07a52749cabcda3f2c69848d2f726662abe5e021a1207c4b0a308c2c34f

Installation note

This build is ad-hoc signed and is not Apple-notarized. macOS may show an “Apple could not verify MobiVerse” warning for an internet download. A Developer ID-signed and notarized release requires the project owner's Apple Developer signing credentials.

MobiVerse 2.2.1

MobiVerse v2.2.1

MobiVerse 2.2.1 fixes text and illustrated EPUB reading in the built-in preview.

Who Should Download

This update is recommended for all MobiVerse 2.2.0 users, especially anyone who opens text EPUB books directly in MobiVerse.

Fixed

• Text EPUB preview now loads the complete spine instead of stopping at the cover.
• Added previous and next section controls plus a section progress slider.
• Illustrated text chapters are no longer mistaken for image-only comic pages.
• EPUB files opened directly now appear in the MobiVerse library.
• Reopening the same EPUB does not create duplicate library records.
• Direct EPUB library items use the existing cover extraction pipeline.

Supported Formats

EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, CBZ, CBR, ZIP, and PDF. Calibre is bundled for formats that require it; no separate installation is needed.

Install

1. Download MobiVerse-2.2.1.dmg below.
2. Open the DMG.
3. Drag MobiVerse.app into Applications and replace the previous version.

Signing and Known Limitations

• Apple Silicon (arm64) only.
• The app is ad-hoc signed and the DMG is not Apple Developer ID notarized.
• Gatekeeper may require System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway after the first launch attempt.
• MobiVerse does not remove DRM.

Verification

• App version: 2.2.1 (10)
• Automated tests: 30 passed
• Real 50-section text EPUB navigation: verified
• Direct EPUB library import and cover: verified
• Bundled Calibre: verified

SHA256

6afa4f5bc5f02dd565be2f4e1d16ecdc126c984bb07ccd136558fbf6765fc4db  MobiVerse-2.2.1.dmg

MobiVerse 2.2.0

MobiVerse v2.2.0

MobiVerse 2.2 expands the local reader-converter to Windows and hardens EPUB preview handling on macOS.

Downloads

• MobiVerse-2.2.0.dmg — macOS 14 or later, with bundled Calibre.
• MobiVerse-2.2.0-Windows11-ARM64-Setup.exe — Windows 11 ARM64 installer using x64 application compatibility and native ARM64 WebView2.

Highlights

• Added the Windows desktop application, offline installer workflow, and Windows CI.
• Confined EPUB package, page, and image references to the extracted book directory.
• Disabled book-provided JavaScript in text EPUB previews.
• Blocked remote web resources and navigation outside the extracted EPUB.
• Switched EPUB WebView data to non-persistent storage.

MobiVerse performs conversion locally and does not remove DRM.

SHA-256

10d25873bbc8c7b1eabe7bdabd8c53e0bf441cac1e2911b20b4dc1df3b7b86cd  MobiVerse-2.2.0.dmg
360feede3f56086f96aa3c3175f06bfdfda75acd6d0b9c11f1960b134e177130  MobiVerse-2.2.0-Windows11-ARM64-Setup.exe

MobiVerse 2.1.2

MobiVerse v2.1.2

MobiVerse 2.1.2 improves the built-in EPUB reading workflow and makes local file deletion explicit and safer.

Who Should Download

Download this release if you use MobiVerse on an Apple Silicon Mac to convert or preview manga, comics, illustrated books, or DRM-free ebooks. It is recommended for all users of MobiVerse 2.1.0 and earlier.

What's New

• Navigate image-based EPUB previews with the keyboard left and right arrow keys.
• Reopen the same EPUB at the page where you previously stopped reading.
• Confirm before permanently deleting a converted EPUB from local storage.
• Cancel deletion without changing the file or conversion history.
• Remove stale conversion history cleanly when its EPUB file is already missing.
• Refined task action button hit areas and visual consistency.

Conversion and Reading

• Opens EPUB files directly in the built-in preview.
• Converts DRM-free MOBI, AZW, AZW3, CBZ, CBR, ZIP, and PDF files into EPUB.
• Uses a native high-speed conversion path for image-heavy PDF comics.
• Rebuilds image-heavy books as fixed-layout EPUB3 output for Apple Books.
• Bundles Calibre for formats that require it. No separate Calibre installation is needed.
• Keeps conversion and reading data local on your Mac.

Install

1. Download MobiVerse-2.1.2.dmg below.
2. Open the DMG.
3. Drag MobiVerse.app into Applications and replace the previous version.
4. Launch MobiVerse and open or drop a supported book.

Signing and Notarization

• The app is ad-hoc signed for local integrity verification.
• The DMG is not Apple Developer ID notarized.
• macOS Gatekeeper may require approval in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway after the first launch attempt.

Known Limitations

• Apple Silicon (arm64) only.
• MobiVerse does not remove DRM.
• EPUBCheck validation is skipped unless an EPUBCheck runtime is available.
• Text EPUB preview uses WebView and does not yet restore an exact reading location.

Verification

• App version: 2.1.2 (8)
• Architecture: Apple Silicon (arm64)
• Automated tests: 27 passed
• Bundled Calibre: verified
• DMG size: approximately 475 MB

SHA256

b9263b7dd251a65e77845829a0c95456f95a146e59c4aa002824de55501e53a8  MobiVerse-2.1.2.dmg

MobiVerse 2.1.0

MobiVerse v2.1.0

MobiVerse 2.1 introduces a native high-speed conversion path for PDF comics and image-heavy PDF books.

PDF Performance

• PDF input now bypasses Calibre's general-purpose document reflow.
• PDFKit renders pages directly into an Apple Books-friendly fixed-layout EPUB.
• The EPUB is built once instead of being generated by Calibre and rebuilt a second time.
• JPEG pages are written at a 2200-pixel maximum edge with quality tuned for illustrated reading.
• Pages are processed sequentially and released promptly to reduce peak memory use.
• Already-compressed images use ZIP store mode instead of wasting CPU on repeated compression.
• Conversion progress displays the current and total PDF page count.

In real-world testing, a roughly 400MB PDF comic completed in under 10 seconds. Actual performance depends on page count, image encoding, storage speed, and Mac hardware.

Conversion and Reading

• Opens EPUB files directly in the built-in preview.
• Converts DRM-free MOBI, AZW, AZW3, CBZ, CBR, ZIP, and PDF files into EPUB.
• Rebuilds image-heavy books as stable fixed-layout EPUB3 output for Apple Books.
• Bundles Calibre for formats that still require it; PDF fast conversion does not depend on Calibre.
• Keeps conversion local on your Mac.

PDF Output Notes

PDF pages are preserved visually as fixed-layout images. Selectable PDF text, links, annotations, and forms are not retained in the EPUB output.

Install

1. Download MobiVerse-2.1.0.dmg from this release.
2. Open the DMG.
3. Drag MobiVerse.app into Applications and replace the previous version.
4. Launch MobiVerse and open or drop a supported book.

Known Limitations

• MobiVerse does not remove DRM.
• This DMG is not Apple Developer ID notarized. macOS Gatekeeper may require users to approve opening it manually.
• EPUBCheck validation is skipped unless an EPUBCheck runtime is available.

Verification

• App version: 2.1.0 (5)
• Architecture: Apple Silicon (arm64)
• 25 automated tests pass, including native PDF conversion, EPUB parsing, image dimensions, and progress reporting.
• A 100-page synthetic PDF conversion and preview parse completed in approximately 1.37 seconds on the development Mac.

SHA256

b20aa0817819cbeaab22347970c528861932f774748a867458dd803956072127  MobiVerse-2.1.0.dmg

MobiVerse 2.0.1

MobiVerse v2.0.1

MobiVerse 2.0.1 is a startup reliability hotfix for the 2.0 visual library release.

Fixed

• Fixes an immediate launch crash on Macs that did not contain the developer build directory.
• Packages the SwiftPM image resource bundle inside MobiVerse.app/Contents/Resources.
• Loads app artwork from the installed app bundle without depending on SwiftPM's development-only fallback path.
• Fails the packaging process if required visual resources are missing, preventing another incomplete DMG release.

Included Features

• Opens EPUB files directly in the built-in preview.
• Converts DRM-free MOBI, AZW, AZW3, CBZ, CBR, ZIP, and PDF files into EPUB.
• Shows extracted EPUB covers in the visual conversion shelf.
• Rebuilds image-heavy EPUBs into fixed-layout EPUB3 output for Apple Books.
• Bundles Calibre so readers do not need to install it separately.

Install

1. Remove the affected MobiVerse 2.0.0 app from Applications.
2. Download MobiVerse-2.0.1.dmg from this release.
3. Drag MobiVerse.app into Applications.
4. Launch MobiVerse normally.

Known Limitations

• MobiVerse does not remove DRM.
• This DMG is not Apple Developer ID notarized. macOS Gatekeeper may require users to approve opening it manually.
• EPUBCheck validation is skipped unless an EPUBCheck runtime is available.

Verification

• App version: 2.0.1 (4)
• Architecture: Apple Silicon (arm64)
• The packaged app passed strict recursive code-signature validation.
• The packaged app remained running after launch with no resource assertion or fatal log entries.

SHA256

d2cc9a1d4e5d2965a3732596fe0f3caa383dc4529bccc68c62537ede49cc162e  MobiVerse-2.0.1.dmg