Installation

Download prebuilt app

Use releases from GitHub:

• Reader Releases

Build from source

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• Rust stable
• Platform build dependencies for Tauri

Steps

npm ci
npm run tauri build

For public macOS distribution, building a .dmg is not enough. The app bundle inside the DMG must be signed with a Developer ID Application certificate and notarized by Apple, or Gatekeeper will show:

“Reader” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

For local-only testing of your own build, launch the .app directly from src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/ or remove the quarantine attribute after copying it to /Applications:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Reader.app

Optional: Edge TTS

python3 -m pip install --user --break-system-packages edge-tts

If your network blocks Edge TTS, configure proxy in Reader settings.