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Lantern v2.0.5

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@github-actions github-actions released this 24 Jul 16:52
v2.0.5
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What's New

  • Scanned PDF OCR (on-device). Turn scanned PDFs into searchable books entirely on your Mac. The reader fetches a one-time OCR runtime (fast Chinese + English recognition), writes a searchable copy alongside the original (your original file is never modified), and then text selection, word lookup, highlighting, copy, and Ask AI all work on the scanned pages. Apple Silicon macOS; enable it in Settings → OCR.
  • macOS 12 (Monterey) support. The reader now runs on macOS 12's Safari 15 WebView — EPUB and PDF both render, and the "Preparing book…" hang on first open is fixed.
  • Skip front matter on first open. A new setting jumps past covers and front matter to the first chapter the first time you open a book.

Improvements

  • Smoother reflow while dragging the side-panel divider, with better line breaking and timing.
  • Clearer explanation when a damaged PDF fails to open.
  • Sync now advertises its peer event-schema capability.
  • Refined sidebar app-icon treatment.

Bug Fixes

  • Trackpad paging now turns exactly one page per swipe — no more skipping several pages at once — while quick successive flicks still turn a page each.
  • Double-click quick lookup reliably targets the word under the cursor, and the prior selection is recovered regardless of input device.

Download

  • macOS Apple Silicon: Lantern_2.0.5_aarch64.dmg
  • macOS app archive (Apple Silicon): Lantern_aarch64.app.tar.gz
  • Windows x64: Lantern_2.0.5_x64-setup.exe

macOS install note

These builds are ad-hoc signed. If macOS reports the app is "damaged and can't be opened," clear the quarantine flag after downloading:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/Lantern_2.0.5_aarch64.dmg

Then, after dragging Lantern into Applications:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Lantern.app
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