---
name: "FBReader"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fbreader"
version: "0.99.4+dfsg-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/FBReader"
---

# FBReader(1)

e-book reader

## NAME

FBReader - e-book reader

## SYNOPSIS

**FBReader \[-lang *language*\] \[*e-book*\]**

## DESCRIPTION

FBReader is an e-book reader. It supports most open e-book formats, and can read compressed e-book archives.

For more information on using the program, see the "About FBReader" button on its toolbar.

## OPTIONS

- **-lang** *language*

  **Language for user interface. Current version (0.12.0) of fbreader supports** **Arabic (specify -lang ar option),** **Chinese (-lang zh),** **Czech (-lang cs),** **Dutch (-lang nl),** **English (-lang en),** **Finnish (-lang fi),** **French (-lang fr),** **German (-lang de),** **Hungarian (-lang hu),** **Indonesian (-lang id),** **Italian (-lang it),** **Lithuanian (-lang lt),** **Russian (-lang ru),** **Spanish (-lang es) and** **Swedish (-lang sv) and** **Ukrainian (-lang uk).**

- *e-book*

  **Name of file to open. If this parameter is missing or if FBReader cannot open** **the specified file, the last opened file will be reopened. If you start FBReader** **for the first time or the last opened file is missing, "About FBReader" text** **will be opened.**

## AUTHOR

**This man page was written by Joey Hess \<joeyh@debian.org\> and Nikolay Pultsin** **\<geometer@fbreader.org\> for the Debian system, but may be freely reused on other** **systems.**