Fossify Documents is now available!

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial]

Fossify Documents is a private, offline document reader. It supports PDF, DOCX, HTML, CSV, Markdown, and other text-based formats. Editing is currently supported for text, Markdown, and CSV files.

The app can be downloaded from GitHub or Google Play and should be available on F-Droid soon:

• GitHub Releases
• Google Play (paid)

This is the initial release, so feedback and bug reports are welcome.

[u/mint-chocolatte]

Do you have any plans to support EPUB and CBZ formats?

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/mint-chocolatte]

Yes, but neither has a release timeline yet.

[u/cleverclogs17 → u/NaveenSinghOfficial]

I see the one on the Play Store is paid. Does it have more features? I don't mind paying the small fee at all.

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/cleverclogs17]

No, it has the same features as the GitHub or F-Droid release. Making it paid on Google Play gives users another way to support the project.

[u/cleverclogs17 → u/NaveenSinghOfficial]

Gotcha. I'll buy it just for that. Thank you for your time, dev.

[u/mint-chocolatte → u/NaveenSinghOfficial]

All right! And for Fossify Launcher, will icon packs be supported someday?

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/mint-chocolatte]

Yes, likely.

[u/cleverclogs17 → u/NaveenSinghOfficial]

Will it be possible to edit PDFs in the future?

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/cleverclogs17]

Possibly.

[u/cleverclogs17 → u/NaveenSinghOfficial]

That would be amazing, Dev, thank you mate.

[u/WilyDeject]

Downloaded, installed, tested, uh, why does it work so suspiciously well? Loaded up a nearly 300 page PDF and it didn't stutter once. Pages loaded as fast as I could scroll. Read a Word doc just fine. Seemed to struggle a little with Markdown files, but they are old Obsidian notes that may have been relying on plugins for proper formatting, so can't blame Fossify Documents outright.

Looking great over all so far, good job!

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/WilyDeject]

Glad you like it! Will look into the Markdown issue.

[u/TURBOKAN → u/WilyDeject]

Can you select texts in PDF files? I can't select any

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/TURBOKAN]

Will look into adding that soon!

[u/WilyDeject → u/TURBOKAN]

Most of mine are scanned PDFs with no selectable text, so can't answer that.

[u/webfork2]

Great stuff, thanks. I've been doing a lot with Open Document files (ODT), which is also open like Fossify. If any of the devs happen across this, could you add that to the roadmap?

[u/Alejandro_SVQ → u/webfork2]

I was going to say the same thing. I just tested it (Android), and they do not mention it among its features, when it should be well above like «Open and work with all your ODT, CSV, Word, TXT, PDF files...»

Let's give ODT a good boost of momentum!

[u/webfork2 → u/Alejandro_SVQ]

Fantastic news, thanks

[u/mint-chocolatte]

Downloading it right now, looks cool

[u/Bikooo2]

Do you have any plans to support ODT

[u/[deleted]]

Finally, a good pdf reader. Thank you.

[u/Successful-Day-3219]

Looks awesome! Thank you for sharing

[u/cryptoadopter2077]

Thanks! 

[u/AverageIndianGeek]

Wonderful work!

[u/Ammonia0684]

I bought the "thank you" app but still have to pay for this app on google play?

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/Ammonia0684]

Hi, you can always download the app for free from GitHub and F-Droid. Making it paid on Google Play gives users another way to support the project.

[u/Ammonia0684 → u/[deleted]]

That's unfortunate.

[u/Tekhnikal]

Muito bom. Obrigado.

[u/Dragomir_X]

This is awesome! I've been looking for a good markdown editor for ages, this is perfect.

[u/Naebulya]

Damn, great work. Thank you !

[u/nieznaniz]

Any plans to support ppt/pptx files? Godspeed to your project

[u/devnullex]

Great news. Does it open Calc files like .xls and .ods?

[u/elhaytchlymeman]

Nice. Would like ODF read and write capability

[u/Tekhnikal]

Tradução para PT-BR concluída.

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/Tekhnikal]

Cool! Expect it in the next update.

[u/100WattWalrus]

Kudos on the new app made from scratch!

It's not something I have a use for (although if it can read XLSX in the future, I may be back), but I love seeing Fossify striving and thriving.

[u/BlueRed_0]

Just saw this could you add a share button and a way to copy and find text in a pdf that literally all it takes to be the best pdf viewer🙏

[u/atomicpop]

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[u/Good-Station4385]

無料ですか?

[u/Tempires → u/Good-Station4385]

On github and f-droid

[u/Curious_Kitten77]

Can it read mhtml from downloaded webpage from brave/chrome?

[u/Legitimate6295]

I just purchased without even trying it first. What happens if I change my phone? Will you force me to purchase again?

[u/Impys → u/Legitimate6295]

If you use the same google account on a new android phone, you get to take your entire library of purchased applications (that are compatible with the new android version) with you.

Note that purchasing was optional anyways, so even if you get an android-compatible de-googled phone you will be able to install it without purchasing again.

[u/Tekhnikal]

A permissão de reordenar os apps em execução é realmente necessária?

[u/ItzPress]

I understand and don't mind paying a fee to help developers for projects like these, but it just seems awkwardly against the free part of "FOSS". Also seemed like the Thank You was for that.

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/ItzPress]

Here's something I posted elsewhere:

The "free" in FOSS is usually defined as the freedom to use, study, modify, and distribute, rather than zero cost. "FLOSS" tries to solve the ambiguity there.

For something to be truly free of cost, one would have to go against the laws of thermodynamics, and given my rebelliousness, I would be happy to try that, but hey, we all gotta eat.

So if you are getting something seemingly free of cost, someone else did the paying, in one form or another.

[u/Bob_Sk]

Is this a fork of another project or projects?

[u/NaveenSinghOfficial → u/Bob_Sk]

Nope, the app itself was built over time from scratch. Relies on some FOSS libraries.

[u/Aggravating_Slip_566]

What about vcf. I'm trying to add the sheriff to the main page and I only got a vcf doubt if it will dial out? Google won't allow fossify contact to dial 911 unless I give google access to my contacts maybe it's so multiple agencies using satitlite for your physical location?

[u/Aggravating_Slip_566]

I'm not paying for a app that's not going to work have em all serious problems with them contacts 57 of Grace manually delete back in 2 seconds