PDFBook v1.0.1

What's changed

• Added clear guidance when screen capture is selected on macOS
• Improved the Home tools layout and kept Creator output controls on one row
• Refined the Book Details panel shape
• Improved user-facing text across all supported languages
• Increased the default window width for a more comfortable layout

Downloads

Choose the installer for your operating system and processor below. Windows builds are available as setup and portable versions.

PDFBook v1.0.0

PDFBook First Public Release 🎉

PDFBook is an all-in-one desktop application for reading, creating, converting, extracting, and organizing PDFs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

All processing is performed locally on your device. No files are uploaded to the cloud.

✨ Key Features

Reading

• Two PDF engines: pdf.js and PDFium
• Horizontal page-flip and vertical scrolling modes
• Right-to-left and left-to-right reading for manga, remembered per book
• Single-page and two-page spread layouts
• Focus mode, automatic scrolling, automatic page flipping, and page-turn sounds
• Bookmarks, table-of-contents sidebar, and reading-position memory
• Full-text search with highlighting and direct page navigation in both horizontal and vertical modes
• Support for password-protected PDFs
• Open PDFs from local files or URLs

Library

• Grid and list views
• Folder tree and watched-folder synchronization
• Tags, authors, star ratings, reading status, favorites, and notes
• Search and sorting
• Pre-generated and cached thumbnails

Create, Convert, and Extract

All processing is performed locally.

• Create PDFs from JPG and PNG images, with drag-and-drop support

• Capture content from the screen by selecting a window and crop area, then automatically advancing pages while generating a PDF

• Convert ebooks, documents, web content, and comics to PDF:

  • EPUB
  • KEPUB
  • MOBI
  • AZW3
  • KF8
  • Word documents
  • Markdown
  • HTML
  • CBZ
  • CBR

• Extract embedded images from PDFs as PNG files

Floating Reader

Read PDFs in a compact, always-on-top window while working in other applications.

AI Assistant: Bookie

• Bring your own API key
• Supports OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter, and Ollama
• Mention books with @
• Conversation history
• Custom API endpoints

Other Features

• Available in 12 languages, including English and Japanese
• Light, dark, and system themes
• Custom accent colors
• Custom title bar
• Update notifications

💻 Downloads

Operating System	Files
Windows (x64 / ARM64)	...-windows-...-setup.exe installer or ...-portable.exe portable version
macOS (Intel / Apple Silicon)	...-macos-x64.dmg / ...-macos-arm64.dmg
Linux (x64 / ARM64)	...-linux-*.AppImage or ...-*.deb

⚠️ Installation Notice: Builds Are Currently Unsigned

PDFBook does not yet include code signing, so your operating system may display a security warning the first time you launch it. Signed builds are planned for the future.

• macOS: If you see a message saying the app cannot be opened or is damaged, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway.
• Windows: If Microsoft Defender SmartScreen appears, click More info → Run anyway.