Merlin Reader 🧙‍♂️📜

"In a land of myth, and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. His name... Merlin."

Merlin Reader is a powerful, magical Desktop Application for managing and reading your collection of grimoires (PDFs). Built with the finest technologies from the future (Electron, React, TypeScript), it offers a seamless reading experience worthy of Camelot.

Features ✨

🏰 The Great Library (Camelot)

• Drag & Drop: Simply cast your scrolls into the lake (drag PDFs onto the window) to add them to your collection.
• Kingdom Scan: Scan entire folders to discovering hidden tomes.
• Organization: Sort your library by Title, Date Added, or Recently Read status.
• Search: Quickly find specific spells using the search bar.
• View Options: Toggle between Grid and List views, and resize thumbnails (Small, Medium, Large).
• Persistence: The library remembers where you left off, archiving your progress in the Great Dragon's keep (SQLite).
• Random Tome: Let destiny choose your next read with the "Random Book" feature.

⚔️ The Reader (Excalibur)

• Seamless Reading: High-fidelity PDF rendering using react-pdf.
• Progress Tracking: Your progress is saved automatically as you turn each page.
• Magical Lighting: Toggle between Day mode and Morgana's Shadow (Dark Mode with high contrast and hue rotation).
• Navigation Controls:
  • Keyboard arrows (Left/Right)
  • On-screen buttons
  • Auto-Advance: Automatically turn the page when scrolling to the bottom.
• Review Tools:
  • Rotation: Rotate pages for easier reading of sideways charts.
  • Zoom: Scale the text to your liking.

🛡️ Security & Architecture

• Secure Protocol: Uses a custom media:// protocol to safely load local files without compromising security (webSecurity: true).
• Robust Path Handling: Compatible with both standard and magical (Windows) file paths.

Technologies (The Old Religion) 🧪

• Electron: For the Desktop shell (King Arthur).
• React + Vite: For the enchanted interface (Camelot).
• TypeScript: For type-safe incantations.
• TailwindCSS: For style and elegance.
• SQLite (better-sqlite3): For data persistence (Kilgharrah).

Installation 💿

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/merlin-reader.git
   cd merlin-reader

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Run in Development Mode:

   npm run dev

4. Build for Production:

   npm run build

   The executable tome will appear in the dist directory.

License 📜

MIT License. Free for all citizens of Camelot.