LaunchBox Reader Documentation

LaunchBox Reader is a free standalone reader for manuals, guides, books, comics, image archives, and other documents.

It is built for quick document reading: open a file or folder, jump back to the page you left off, read comfortably on a monitor or TV, and navigate with a mouse, keyboard, or controller.

Getting Started

• Getting Started
• Supported Formats
• Reading Documents

Features

• Read PDFs, EPUB books, comic archives, image folders, and text documents.
• Open manuals, guides, books, comics, image folders, and archives.
• Resume documents where you left off.
• Use layouts designed for manuals, comics, books, and TV reading.
• Navigate with a mouse, keyboard, or controller.
• Use table of contents entries when a document provides them.
• Add bookmarks for important pages and locations.
• Use keyboard and controller mappings designed for reading from a desk or couch.

User Guide

• Contents and Bookmarks
• Reader Settings
• Keyboard and Controller Controls
• Troubleshooting

Developer Integration

LaunchBox Reader can also be launched by another Windows application as a standalone reader process.

• Integration Guide
• Command Line Reference
• Files, Data, and Cache Layout
• SQLite Data Stores
• Integration Examples

Releases

Downloads are published on the GitHub Releases page:

https://github.com/unbrokensoftware/launchbox-reader-releases/releases

License

LaunchBox Reader is free to use, but it is proprietary software. See the license file in the release repository for details.