OpenReader
EPUB, PDF, DOCX, MD, and TXT file text to speech document reader. Read documents in realtime with high-quality TTS; or extract audiobooks.
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Still maintained? Yes: 124 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v5.4.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
OpenReader quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 550
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v5.4.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to OpenReader
In its own words
The project's README opens: "OpenReader is an open-source, self-host-friendly text-to-speech document reader built with Next.js for EPUB, PDF, TXT, MD, and DOCX with multilingual, synchronized read-along playback."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OpenReader scores 91/100, #27 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 124 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v5.4.0, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 550 stars add 11.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 9.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
124 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v5.4.0 released 2 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.0 / 20
550 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 124
- Last 90 days
- 748
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #27 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Cloudlog (#26) and Wavelog (#28) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v5.4.0 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 550 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | richardr1126/openreader ↗ |
OpenReader vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with OpenReader (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| Anubis | 98 | 24k | MIT | yesterday |
| Infisical Community Edition | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| Jelu | 92 | 750 | MIT | 7 days ago |
| OpenReader (this tool) | 91 | 550 | MIT | today |
OpenReader: common questions
Is OpenReader still maintained?
OpenReader had 124 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v5.4.0, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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