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title: Install ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic for Linux - A
  free desktop PDF and e-book super app
url: https://snapcraft.io/readweft
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# ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic (readweft)

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latest/stable 1.6.0

Install latest/stable of ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install readweft
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* readweft

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 25 August 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [www.notion.so](https://www.notion.so/ReadWeft-Privacy-Policy-37d7890b332b80e4baf6f7a96cbbd288 "https://www.notion.so/ReadWeft-Privacy-Policy-37d7890b332b80e4baf6f7a96cbbd288")

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/readweft#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/readweft#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/readweft#tab-security)

#### 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.

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## Install ReadWeft — PDF, EPUB & Comic on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/readweft/raspbian)