The reading application
Technology
Thorium Reader is based on the set of open-source chrome-less modules, a toolkit named Readium Desktop. Thorium Reader and Readium Desktop both rely on Electron.js, node.js and typescript, which are efficient cross-platform technologies. Thorium is also using React components based on HTML 5/CSS 3.
Media Coverage
- Introducing Thorium, a new free desktop EPUB reader for Windows and Mac, 24th Annual Accessing Higher Ground, November 2019, speakers Richard Orme (CEO) and George Kerscher (Chief Innovations Officer), DAISY Consortium.
- Thorium Reader is a free cross-platform eBook reading app, May 2021, GoodEReader.
- Thorium Reader, une application de lecture pour Windows, macOS et Linux, January 2020, Actualitté.
- Le logiciel de lecture d’ePub pour Windows MacOS et Linux, Thorium Reader, est disponible, March 2020, Lettresnumerique.be.
- L’application Thorium Reader peut désormais lire les livres audio., April 2020, Actualitté.
- Gautier Chomel
- Georges Kerscher
- Noelia Ruiz Martínez
- Prashant Verma This site is made with the static site generator Hugo and the Hugo Book Theme.
- Daniel Weck, lead Developer
- Pierre Leroux, developer
- Arthur Le Meur, developer
- Simon Le Roux, designer
- Cyrille Lebeaupin, CEO of noop.fr, senior developer
- Jiminy Panoz, creator of Readium CSS
- Léo Stéfani, node.js, React developer
- Manuel Lagrand, intern, node.js developer
- The financial implication of our founding members: Editis, Hachette Livre, Magrigall, Media-Participations, Cercle de la Libraire, Syndicat national de l'Edition. They understand that financing open-standrards and open-source is the best way to energize an open and innovative market for the publishing industry.
- Financial grants from the following French public organizations: * CNL (Centre National du Livre) * Ministère de la Culture
- Additional grants from EDRLab members intersted by the addition of specific features:
User Reviews
"I love Thorium and have introduced it to my students for reading any digital content. It is doubly good when something that makes reading more accessible for visually impaired people is also something that makes things more flexible for all. It makes it so much easier to get buy-in for using it."
"I am very happy to have found this app. Its simple, easy to use, and most importantly, its very friendly for people who are blind and visually impaired."
"I can’t get enough of this ebook reader its clean and simple makes things easier for me to read! thank you I totally recommend this!"
Credits
This documentation site is designed and maintained by EDRLab as part of the development of the Thorium-Reader application.
The main contributors of this documentation are :
Who has developed this app
The UX and UI of Thorium 3 was designed by Mylène Boyrie. Several other developers have helped making Thorium what it is today:
The project is supervised by Laurent Le Meur, EDRLab CTO
Who is financing this app
EDRLab is a non-profit organization. Our budget essentially originates from our members. EDRLab started in France, but is now counting 60 members from Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
#### This project would have not seen the light without: