# Librera Reader

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Librera Reader and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source ebook reader for Android, praised for images, phone reading and PDF reflow once set up. The common caveat is a cluttered interface with too many buttons.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong ebook reader for phones (3 comments): "A similarly awesome ebook reader on Android is Librera." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49094371)) "For Smartphone (no longtime reading) - Librera Reader" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49833879)) "much better on Android than KOR, specially for images" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49835633))
- Scroll mode and text-to-speech (2 comments): "There's an icon with a little person wearing headphones, which lets you send the text continuously to your phone's tts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46645151)) "I use Librera FD and quite enjoy the scroll mode." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599941))

## What people warn about

- Too many buttons in the UI (1 comments): "It's better for pdfs because of reflow but the ui is too much with all the buttons." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844409))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bookshelf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bookshelf.md): 15 recommend
- [Apple Books](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-books.md): 10 recommend
- [Kindle app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kindle-app.md): 9 recommend
- [BookFusion](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bookfusion.md): 6 recommend
- [Readest](https://hackerapproved.com/p/readest.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Librera Reader", https://hackerapproved.com/p/librera-reader/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).