# read-cat/read-cat

一款免费、开源、简洁、纯净、无广告的小说阅读器

Repository: https://github.com/read-cat/read-cat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/read-cat
Homepage: https://read-cat.github.io
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-11-09T10:59:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 22/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 28, longevity 62
- inputs: {"age_days": 877, "days_push": 662, "days_rel": 662, "gap_med": 32, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1010, forks 79 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.079887+00:00)

## What it is
ReadCat is a free, open-source, ad-free novel reader built with TypeScript. It supports online book sources via plugins, local txt books, bookmarks, text-to-speech reading, and dark mode.

## Use cases
- read web novels without ads
- import book source plugins to fetch online books
- read local txt novels
- listen to books with text-to-speech
- organize a bookshelf with bookmarks
- read novels in dark mode

## When to choose
- you want a clean, ad-free open-source novel reader
- you need plugin-based online book sources plus local txt support
- you want built-in read-aloud functionality

## When to avoid
- you need a polished stable release - it is still in beta with no GitHub releases
- you expect built-in content - it ships without book source plugins
- you need epub or pdf support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: gui, plugin-system, speech-recognition, search-engine
- domain: developer-tools, entertainment, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: novel-reader, ebook-reader, book-source-plugins, text-to-speech, ad-free, typescript, desktop, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- read-cat/read-cat (main) score 22

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.079887+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:11:58.085039+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/read-cat/read-cat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.079887+00:00, sha ee5b083193a7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.