Open Reader 0.0.12

Install

• VS Code — Marketplace

• Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium and other forks — Open VSX

• Manually — download the VSIX below, then code --install-extension open-reader-0.0.12.vsix

• fix: added folders feed the library, the eye browses the workspace

Open Reader 0.0.11

Now on both registries. Native e-book reader for VS Code — EPUB and CBZ, in the sidebar or the editor.

Install

• VS Code — Marketplace
• Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Antigravity and other forks — Open VSX
• Manually — download the VSIX below, then code --install-extension open-reader-0.0.11.vsix

Changes since 0.0.10

• MIT licensed.
• Published to Open VSX, so forks can install it from their own registry instead of sideloading.

What Open Reader does

• Reads EPUB books and CBZ comics from your workspace, listed with chapters and per-book progress.
• Two reading surfaces — a Reader panel in the sidebar and full-width editor tabs — both styled prose, never your code font.
• Remembers reading progress per book and scroll position per chapter.
• Live typography settings: font, size, weight, line height, letter spacing, alignment, margins, indent, two-page columns, and five reading themes.
• Entirely local. No account, no upload, no telemetry.

The web version at open-reader-web.vercel.app reads more formats: EPUB, CBZ, Markdown, HTML and plain text.

Open Reader 0.0.10

First Marketplace release. Native e-book reader for VS Code — EPUB and CBZ, in the sidebar or the editor.

Install

Install from the VS Code Marketplace — or download the VSIX below:

code --install-extension open-reader-0.0.10.vsix

Works in VS Code and its forks (Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Antigravity).

Changes since 0.0.9

• Published to the VS Code Marketplace.
• Web links now point at https://open-reader-web.vercel.app/ — the About page, the README and the manifest homepage.
• .env is excluded from the package, so publishing credentials can never ship inside the VSIX.

What Open Reader does

• Reads EPUB books and CBZ comics from your workspace, listed with chapters and per-book progress.
• Two reading surfaces — a Reader panel in the sidebar and full-width editor tabs — both styled prose, never your code font.
• Remembers reading progress per book and scroll position per chapter.
• Live typography settings: font, size, weight, line height, letter spacing, alignment, margins, indent, two-page columns, and five reading themes.
• Entirely local. No account, no upload, no telemetry.

The web version at open-reader-web.vercel.app reads more formats: EPUB, CBZ, Markdown, HTML and plain text.

Open Reader 0.0.9

Native e-book reader for VS Code — EPUB and CBZ, in the sidebar or the editor.

Install

Download open-reader-0.0.9.vsix below, then:

code --install-extension open-reader-0.0.9.vsix

Works in VS Code and its forks (Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Antigravity).

What is in this release

Reading

• The editor-area reader is a styled surface that follows every reader setting — font, size, weight, line height, letter spacing, alignment, margins, indent, two-page columns and custom colours — instead of a plain text document.
• Scroll position is remembered per chapter, so leaving for Source Control and coming back lands where you were. Reading progress is remembered per book.

Library

• The book list always follows the open workspace, so adding a library folder no longer moves the library off your project.
• The eye button switches the book list for a file-system view of your library folders. Books open in the reader; every other file opens as a normal editor tab.
• Chapter hover icons name their destination (sidebar panel vs editor area) rather than reading as prev/next arrows.

Interface

• The "Now Reading" panel is now "Reader".
• Only the eye button stays pinned in the view title; Refresh, Add Folder, Settings and About moved into the overflow menu.
• New About page with links to the web reader, the source and the issue tracker.
• New icon.