Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Is Sard still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 12 days ago. Latest release v1.4.2, 19 days ago.

New, little track record. 49 stars, 5 months old. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

How to install on Windows

Limitless-Soul1/Sard

Sard (سَرْد) — a desktop EPUB & PDF reader with first-class Arabic typography. Tauri 2 + Rust + React. Offline neural text-to-speech, spoiler-safe search, references, annotations, 16 themes, full RTL. Your library stays on your machine.

Node.jsTauriVite#accessibility#annotations#arabic#desktop-app

Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 12 days ago. Latest release v1.4.2, 19 days ago.
Can I trust it?: New, little track record49 stars, 5 months old. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 49
Activity: Updated this month
Got it running: 1 person

Saved setup from 5 h ago

Will it work on Windows?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

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Download for Windows

Sard v1.4.2 · 10/24/2026 ↗

Sard_1.4.2_x64-setup.exe

exe · x64 · 12.3 MB · 500 downloads · best match

Download

Runs the installer.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/Limitless-Soul1/Sard/releases/download/v1.4.2/Sard_1.4.2_x64-setup.exe" -OutFile "Sard_1.4.2_x64-setup.exe"
Start-Process ".\Sard_1.4.2_x64-setup.exe"

Other Windows downloads (1)

Sard_1.4.2_x64_en-US.msi

msi · x64 · 14.7 MB · 15 downloads

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/Limitless-Soul1/Sard/releases/download/v1.4.2/Sard_1.4.2_x64_en-US.msi" -OutFile "Sard_1.4.2_x64_en-US.msi"
msiexec /i "Sard_1.4.2_x64_en-US.msi"

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Parts list

1×Node.js >=22runtime
1×Rust stableruntime
1×npm package manager

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Good to know

Tauri desktop app: it also needs Tauri's system prerequisites (Xcode Command Line Tools on macOS, WebView2 and the C++ build tools on Windows, webkit2gtk on Linux). See https://tauri.app/start/prerequisites/
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: public/foliate-js/package.json, src-tauri/Cargo.toml, src-tauri/vendor/msedge-tts/Cargo.toml

Details

License: Not detected
Open issues: 8
Branch: main

package.json scripts (5)

devvite
buildtsc && vite build && node scripts/build-reader-host.mjs
previewvite preview
tauritauri
verify:releasenode scripts/verify-artifact.mjs --kind=release --exe=src-tauri/target/release/Sard.exe

Files we read (4)

.github/workflows/release.yml

BUILD.md

README.md

package.json

673 files in the repo

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