Why Choose Rodel Reader

1. Modern User Interface

When you mention wanting a Windows desktop reading client, you actually have many choices:

For instance, the powerful and feature-rich Calibre.

Cross-platform/multi-device synchronization supported Neat Reader or Koodo Reader.

I have personally used these excellent products, and I marvel at their capabilities, but there is also a significant regret, which is the interface.

I am a fan of Fluent Design, and I am very much looking forward to a reader application that is highly consistent with the Windows 11 UI and offers a similar user experience.

When this demand is not met, and I am also a programmer...

If, like me, you are looking forward to a native UI reader application, then Rodel Reader is your best choice.

2. Time for Your Own Thoughts

Reading books, newspapers, and listening to the radio.

These were the channels through which the older generations obtained information.

From today's perspective, this method of obtaining information is obviously inefficient. But perhaps it is for this reason that many high-quality thoughts and literary works were born.

Because they had enough time to think.

In contrast, in modern times, people have even had to invent a term: brain rot.

Have you realized this:

Modern people’s efficiency in obtaining information is somewhat too high.

When you continuously receive external messages, and are even forced to be inundated with content (this is what current information apps are doing to you), you will gradually lose your ability to think because you no longer have time to think.

So, slow down.

In this era, we have information acquisition methods that are similar to those of our predecessors but more efficient, and still leave you enough time to think.

Read e-books, check RSS feeds, and listen to podcasts.

E-books are still books, but you can quickly search for information and conveniently annotate and edit.

RSS is the newspaper of the new era, which can gather information from across the internet. The process of choosing subscriptions is you planning your future.

Podcasts contain high-quality discussions and dialogues, allowing you to close your eyes and follow the host's voice to think together.

Rodel Reader aggregates e-books / RSS / podcasts and provides you with a one-stop solution, giving you control over information acquisition, allowing you to be the master of your own domain.

3. Integrate Your Workflow

Although I am a Windows fan, I also quite agree with some of the design philosophies of Linux.

Rodel Reader will not become a jack-of-all-trades application; it will focus on reading itself and strive to enhance your reading experience as much as possible.

It will never attempt to lock you within the application; on the contrary, it is more willing to become a part of your information acquisition process.

For example: You can import books via WebDAV / OPDS, and you can also send books to other applications within the app.

Or: You can obtain information through existing online RSS services and also send your favorite articles to your read-it-later service.

Rodel Reader will always be developed with an open and inclusive attitude, catering to your needs, and striving to integrate into your workflow rather than forcing you to reconstruct it with itself at the core.