Check e-book files for security and privacy issues.
E-books are great, but the common file formats have security and privacy issues. Most use web browser technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Therefore, e-books are vulnerable to security and privacy issues that already exist on the web.
Screener aims to check e-book files for these issues so that you can read with peace of mind!
- Check e-book files for JavaScript tags.
- Check e-book files for images with external sources to prevent tracking.
- Supports
.epub
,.mobi
, and.azw3
files.
Screener requires Python.
Screener is available on PyPI. To install, run:
pip install screener
To install Screener for development, ensure you have Poetry clone the repository and run:
poetry install
To check a file, try:
screener path/to/file.epub
For help:
screener --help
Pull requests are welcome and appreciated. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change. Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.
If you have found a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue.
This project uses SemVer for versioning.
Screener was created by Tom Kuson (@tjkuson).
Screener is released under the LGPL version 3.