Libro2

GUI tool for organizing fb2 and epub files.

Key features:

• сhange metadata such as title, author, series, cover, and more
• convert fb2 files to epub, kepub, mobi and awz3. For this feature need fb2converter
• rename files by template based on metadata
• support extension plugins
• program runs under Microsoft Windows (10 and above), MacOS (10.14.6 Mojave and above) and Linux.

User manual (in Russian).

Build Libro2

Requirements: git, python3.9 and above, python modules: pyqt5 (5.12 and above), lxml, pyinstaller, ebookmeta, darkdetect.

Install python and required modules.

Download Libro2:

git clone https://github.com/dnkorpushov/libro2.git
cd libro2

For Windows and MacOS

Build executables:

python3 build.py freeze 

Check dist folder for executables.

Build installer (optional):

python3 build.py installer

Check intsaller folder for installer. libro2.win32.installer.exe for Windows, libro2.macos.dmg for MacOS.

For Linux

For Linux run Libro2 from source:

./libro2.sh

Add libro2 in Application menu for Gnome3 and etc. (optional):

python3 build.py install

Check Application menu. Tests for Ubuntu 22.04. May not work for other linux distros.

build.py

Build.py is a script for support libro2 development. Usage:

python3 build.py [command]

List of commands:

• run - run project
• ui - compile qt ui forms after change it in qt designer.
• rc - compile rc resorces after change it in qt designer.
• locale - make and compile locale resources. Run command before translating for collect strings for translate. Use qt linguist for translating strings. Run command after translating for compile locale resource files.
• freeze - build executables.
• installer - build installer. Run after freeze command. Use for Windows and MacOS.
• install - add Libro2 icon in Application menu for Linux DE (Gnome3 and etc.)
• clean - clean project (delete unnecessary folder and files, such as build, dist folder and etc.)