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ReadZen v5.7.0

Read, search, and translate classical Chinese Zen texts — with full-text corpus search, English translations, and a built-in dictionary.

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🪟 Windows

File Description
Fabulu.ReadZen-win-Setup.exe Recommended. Installer with auto-updates.
Fabulu.ReadZen-win-Portable.zip Portable — extract and run, no install needed.

🐧 Linux

File Description
Fabulu.ReadZen.AppImage Recommended. Single file, make executable and run: chmod +x Fabulu.ReadZen.AppImage && ./Fabulu.ReadZen.AppImage
ReadZen-linux-x64-v5.7.0.tar.gz Extract and run: tar xzf ReadZen-linux-x64-v5.7.0.tar.gz && ./ReadZen.App

🍎 macOS

File Description
ReadZen-osx-arm64-v5.7.0.zip Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
ReadZen-osx-x64-v5.7.0.zip Intel Mac

Other files in the assets list are auto-update packages used by the app internally. You don't need to download them manually.

What's New in v5.7.0

Search

  • Cross-corpus search — searches both CBETA and OpenZen texts in one unified index
  • English full-text search — "fox", "gateless" etc. now find results in translated texts (was broken: bloom filter fallback was skipped)
  • Title matching — search results show title matches (📖) above full-text hits
  • Master association — searching "Wumen" surfaces 無門關 texts via master's Chinese aliases
  • Typeahead — as-you-type suggestions for masters and texts, with keyboard navigation
  • Always bilingual — searches both Chinese and English text simultaneously (removed Original/Translated checkboxes)

Lineage Graph

  • Korean positioning fixed — Y-proximity algorithm places Korean masters near their temporal Chinese neighbors (not pushed to far right)
  • Chinese collision first — collision resolution runs on Chinese nodes first, then Korean positioning adapts

Charts & Insights

  • CJK font in tooltips — no more squares, Chinese characters render correctly
  • Mouse wheel scrolls page — charts no longer capture scroll (ZoomMode=None)
  • Better tooltips — bar charts and scatter plots show character + metric value
  • BarRatio — detailed data progress bars now reflect the selected metric

Other

  • Master card — persists after search completes, double-click opens Zen Master Manager, English name matching
  • Wumen T48n2005 — now correctly shown as primary text for Wumen Huikai
  • Chinese titles — shown side-by-side with English in search results
  • No accidental tab switching — mouse wheel on Carousel no longer switches tabs
  • Copy Link — copies shareable web URL (was copying zen:// protocol URI)

Web preview: readzen.pages.dev
Source: GitHub
Support: Ko-fi

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