--- title: Install ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic for on Ubuntu - A free desktop PDF and e-book super app url: https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/ubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic on **Ubuntu** # ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic (readweft) [Ayan's Apps (ayansapps)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ayansapps "View all snaps from Ayan's Apps (ayansapps)") * [Ayan's Apps (ayansapps)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ayansapps "View all snaps from Ayan's Apps (ayansapps)") * [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/ubuntu#install) #### A free desktop PDF and e-book super app The free, private PDF super app — editor, reader and AI assistant in one. ReadWeft combines a fast PDF reader, a full PDF editor, an ebook and comic reader, and an on-device AI assistant — completely free. No subscription, no account, no watermarks on your work, no upload to the cloud. Everything runs offline on your PC. EDIT PDF PAGES LIKE A PRO * Reorder pages with drag and drop, delete with undo, duplicate and rotate * Merge PDF files and split PDFs — even drag pages from one PDF into another * Extract pages to a new document in one click ANNOTATE, FILL & SIGN * Highlight, freehand ink, shapes, sticky notes and text boxes * Draw your signature once, save it, and sign any document in seconds * Add text and images anywhere on the page CONVERT, COMPRESS & PROTECT * Compress PDF files losslessly — batch-compress whole folders * Export pages as images or plain text * Encrypt PDFs with AES-256 passwords and permissions, add watermarksOCR SCANNED DOCUMENTS * Turn scans into searchable PDFs with built-in Tesseract OCR * Extract text from scanned pages and photos, with automatic scan enhancementREAD EBOOKS & COMICS * Beautiful EPUB and FB2 reader with a realistic page-curl book mode * CBZ comic book reader and image viewer (PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF, BMP) * Library with collections, favorites, notes, reading progress and covers AI THAT RESPECTS YOUR PRIVACY * Summarize documents, extract action items and ask questions — processed entirely on your device * Semantic search: find pages by meaning, not just keywords * Optional: connect a free local Ollama model for full AI chat with your PDFs * Power users: ReadWeft is an MCP server, so Claude Desktop, VS Code or Cursor can drive its PDF tools FREE & PRIVATE BY DESIGN * No ads, no tracking, no telemetry, no account, no internet required Stop juggling a PDF reader, a converter website and a paid editor. ReadWeft does it all — free, offline and private. ### Package name * readweft --- ### License * Proprietary --- ### Last updated * 25 August 2026 - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [www.notion.so](https://www.notion.so/ReadWeft-Privacy-Policy-37d7890b332b80e4baf6f7a96cbbd288 "https://www.notion.so/ReadWeft-Privacy-Policy-37d7890b332b80e4baf6f7a96cbbd288") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/ubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*. Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic To install ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install readweft ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/ubuntu) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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