readsy for the desktop.

The desktop version of readsy is written in Java and will run on MacOS, Linux, and Windows systems. A JRE is included with the download.

After readsy is installed, you can create your own data files, or you can install data files that have already been created.

Scroll down to find the data file download links.

Installation

MacOS

  • Double click the downloaded .dmg file
  • Drag the readsy icon to the Applications folder

Linux

  • From a command line, execute the downloaded .sh file and follow the prompts

Windows

  • Double click the downloaded .exe file and follow the prompts
If you have any trouble during installation, check out the FAQ page

Checksums

sha256

  • 6e14b1050d7b65df15e32767b70f25440c97a9219e21024e5a192811a5ba3125 readsy_macos_aarch64_3_0_0_with_JRE.dmg
  • e932020804c9d2105b6658b91ec7530e773588f544348b4184abf58ce6c31b5c readsy_macos_amd64_3_0_0_with_JRE.dmg
  • f26128de696025e3aae1b899d5a2d6a71f5526be842564d0730a21ac1a21de2b readsy_unix_3_0_0.sh
  • be37b1656a608d2336c909aae2ac1e17e3cc0edb15dfd4f121879e98f04157ca readsy_windows-x64_3_0_0_with_JRE.exe

Configuration

The first time you run readsy, it will prompt you to select a directory where it will keep data files. Follow the prompts to configure readsy.

Data Files

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Read War and Peace a chapter a day. This is the text from the Project Gutenberg edition.

Word of the Day

Learn a new word and definition every day. Definitions are provided from multiple dictionaries. This data was provided by Wordnik.

Poem-a-Day, Volume 1

Read a new poem every day. This is a collection of poems that have entered the public domain. You will probably find some you are already familiar with, and discover some new ones along the way.

Source Code

License

readsy is distributed under the terms of the Gnu General Public License, Version 3. You are free to use and modify the code, but your changes must be distributed under the same license.

Get The Source

Want to see the source code? The project is hosted on github:

Get Involved

If you want to help develop readsy, or if you want to contribute data files you created, send me an email!