Browse & search
OPDS 1 Atom and OPDS 2 JSON, pagination, full catalog paths, and search discovery.
Focused e-reader software
OPDS.
Nothing else.
Browse, search, bookmark, and download from OPDS catalogs directly on a Kobo e-reader. No separate launcher. No full reading suite.
AGPL-3.0
OPDS 1 + 2
Free forever
BokOPDS
Actual emulator capture · live public OPDS data
01 / COMPATIBILITY
One package.
Careful support.
Physically tested: Kobo Elipsa 2E, family ID 389, firmware 4.38.23697.
The package only activates on allowlisted hardware and firmware. Other combinations are not guaranteed until someone tests and reports them.
Check the device table02 / THE SHORT LIST
Just what a catalog client needs.
Save your place
Bookmark any catalog location and return with its parent path intact.
Download together
Select books across pages, choose a save folder, and import completed files into the stock library.
Made for e-ink
Large touch targets, page navigation, cancellable requests, autosuspend, and a multilingual keyboard.
03 / ON SCREEN
The interface,
without theatre.
Real BokOPDS emulator captures using a public catalog. No sample titles and no mock catalog data.
Catalog content and covers belong to their respective authors and providers. BokOPDS is not affiliated with the catalog shown.
04 / INSTALL
Three deliberate steps.
Installing a system archive modifies your reader. Back up important books and settings, charge the device, and do not interrupt an update.
- 1
Check compatibility
Match the exact model and firmware in the compatibility table.
- 2
Download and verify
Get
KoboRoot.tgzandSHA256SUMSfrom the same release. - 3
Copy, eject, restart
Place the archive in
.kobo, safely eject, and let the reader apply it.
05 / BUILT IN THE OPEN
Read the code.
Report what breaks.
BokOPDS is a small community project. Compatibility grows when readers test exact device and firmware combinations and share useful reports.