Bahá’í Reader

FOR OMARCHY & LINUX · v0.1.1

A quiet place
for the Writings.

Prayers for every moment. Words to return to.
Your Bahá’í library, always within reach—even offline.

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Free & open-source code. No account needed.

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THE HIDDEN WORDS · ARABIC 1

O Son of Spirit!

My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

Bahá’u’lláh
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A reading experience that follows your Omarchy theme.
10English collections included
112Prayer languages in the catalog
OfflineRead without a connection

A LIBRARY, THOUGHTFULLY ARRANGED

Find your place.
Make time to read.

Familiar categories and a collapsible table of contents keep the focus on the words.

01

Prayer book

473 English prayers organized by topic. Search locally, see prayer lengths, and save passages to return to.

02

The Hidden Words

The Arabic and Persian sections, each in its own place. Move from one passage to the next at your own pace.

03

Writings & messages

Eight more collections, from Gleanings and the Kitáb-i-Íqán to Some Answered Questions and Riḍván Messages. Aqdas notes and references work offline, too.

See all eight collections
  • Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
  • Prayers and Meditations
  • Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
  • The Kitáb-i-Íqán
  • The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
  • Some Answered Questions
  • Days of Remembrance
  • Riḍván Messages

YOUR WAY OF READING

Room for every word.

Choose an installed font, adjust text size and spacing, and set comfortable margins. Resize the contents panel or hide it. Smooth scrolling makes longer prayers easier to follow.

AT HOME ON YOUR DESKTOP

Your theme comes with you.

Omarchy colors follow your active theme, even while the app is open. Other Linux desktops get a standalone GTK window, with light, dark, and sepia reading palettes.

A LANGUAGE TO RETURN TO

Download once. Read anywhere.

English is ready from the start. Choose another available language and download its collections. Your choice is remembered, and downloaded languages stay at the top of the picker.

Translation availability varies by book. The interface is in English.

TAKE THE LIBRARY WITH YOU

Choose your Linux package.

Release notes ↗

Version 0.1.1 · Architecture-independent packages · Python 3.11+ and GTK 4.8+

.deb

Debian & Ubuntu

Debian 12+ · Ubuntu 24.04+

Download Debian package ↓
sudo apt install ./bahai-reader_0.1.1-1_all.deb
.rpm

Fedora

Fedora 43+ · compatible modern RPM systems

Download RPM package ↓
sudo dnf install ./bahai-reader-0.1.1-1.noarch.rpm
.pkg.tar.zst

Arch & Omarchy

Arch Linux · Omarchy · compatible derivatives

Download Arch package ↓
sudo pacman -U ./bahai-reader-0.1.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
.AppImage

Portable launcher

x86_64 · Linux systems with GTK 4

Download AppImage ↓
chmod +x bahai-reader-0.1.1-x86_64.AppImage
./bahai-reader-0.1.1-x86_64.AppImage

Your package manager installs required dependencies. Then open Bahá’í Reader from your application menu. Verify download checksums.

Built for reading.
Made to be shared.

App code is open source. Contributions, thoughtful suggestions, and bug reports are welcome.

Visit the project on GitHub ↗

Texts and translations are provided by BahaiPrayers.net and retain their respective rights.