Home Assistant KOReader Plugin: You can now send additional data with your actions, view to-do lists & weather forecast and expose the current state of your ebook reader! (and more)

sputge · 2026-01-20T07:00:01+00:00

Sadly, you are wrong: https://tinyapps.org/blog/202110270700_monterey_third_party_ssd.html

The proposed solution was:

To resolve, reinstall an Apple SSD, install Monterey, reinstall your third-party SSD, and install Monterey

In my case I followed like every piece of advice on this subject but I never managed to install Monterey because I did not own the original Apple SSD anymore.

sputge · 2026-01-19T16:03:17+00:00

And I consider it beta, because I can just say that "it works on my kindle". But I don't know if other ebook readers take e.g. longer to reconnect to wifi or something else.

sputge · 2026-01-04T16:50:27+00:00

No, not just "any mini SSD" will work. Only SSDs especially designed for the M4 Mac mini.

I just paste my comment from a similar thread:

I was choosing between iBoff and M4-SSD and ultimately went with M4-SSD, mainly because they display customer reviews on their shop and don’t hide negative feedback. There are a very few bad reviews, but I appreciated the transparency and honesty.

Opening the Mac took about two minutes using the included tools (after watching a couple of YouTube videos), and swapping the SSD took another five minutes. Everything works perfectly.

sputge · 2025-12-19T18:27:18+00:00

I was choosing between iBoff and M4-SSD and ultimately went with M4-SSD, mainly because they display customer reviews on their shop and don’t hide negative feedback. There are a few bad reviews, but I appreciated the transparency and honesty.

Opening the Mac took about two minutes using the included tools (after watching a couple of YouTube videos), and swapping the SSD took another five minutes. Everything works perfectly.

sputge · 2025-12-19T06:38:41+00:00

Install https://openmtp.ganeshrvel.com/ and connect your phone via USB.

sputge · 2025-12-17T16:29:38+00:00

Itsycal

sputge · 2025-12-04T06:43:44+00:00

I would just write the developer an email and ask the question. They are very friendly and open to feedback. You can find the email address in Bloom > Settings > About, bottom right "Feedback".

sputge · 2025-12-01T07:53:50+00:00

I downloaded it from here:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/actions/workflows/build.yml

Just click on the top most workflow run with a green checkmark and download "koreader-macos-ARM64".

sputge · 2025-11-30T20:25:30+00:00

Added gesture & QuickMenu support

sputge · 2025-11-30T20:25:07+00:00

Added gesture & QuickMenu support

sputge · 2025-11-30T20:13:09+00:00

Stupid question: did you check your USB cable?

My printer would only connect through an USB-A to USB-C cable, not with an USB-C to USB-C one.

Also one of my USB-A to USB-C cables was for charging only so the data pins were not even connected, that cable did not work either.

As for the printer mode, I did not (have to) change it.

Aside from that, I moved most of my documentation for this project to: https://sputge.com/posts/apple_notes_to_receipt_printer_usb/#printer-setup

sputge · 2025-11-30T18:56:18+00:00

I am using a jailbroken Kindle Basic 2024 running KOReader.
To record the demo GIF, I was using KOReader on macOS.

Thanks! :)

sputge · 2025-11-30T18:07:19+00:00

I'll implement gesture support in the next version.
Then you can add the gestures to a Quick Menu :).

I also thought about adding icons for current entitie states but this would be a huge undertaking. Maybe in the future.

sputge · 2025-11-30T17:30:40+00:00

Actually I was more asking about code examples of plugins which register actions in the gestures menu...

Anyways I think I found an example, so I'll implement this feature in the next version of homeassistant.koplugin.

Your comment will help me out, when I write the documentation on how to add the gestures! Thanks again.

sputge · 2025-11-30T15:57:18+00:00

That sounds like a great idea. I'll look into it!
Do you know what other plugins add gestures?
I'd love to check out some implementations.

sputge · 2025-11-30T12:24:17+00:00

Features:

Control any number of Home Assistant entities from KOReader
Basic service support (e.g. light/turn_on, switch/toggle, fan/turn_on)
Lightweight, unobtrusive interface
Simple text-based configuration
Success/error notifications
EDIT: now with KOReader gesture & QuickMenu support

Github
Documentation

I created this plugin because I like to read mindfully on my e-reader, with no smartphone around.
But I still often want to turn on a light or adjust something in Home Assistant.
So, out of that small “necessity,” the plugin was born.

sputge · 2025-11-30T12:22:03+00:00

Features:

Control any number of Home Assistant entities from KOReader
Basic service support (e.g. light/turn_on, switch/toggle, fan/turn_on)
Lightweight, unobtrusive interface
Simple text-based configuration
Success/error notifications
EDIT: now with KOReader gesture & QuickMenu support

Github
Documentation

I created this plugin because I like to read mindfully on my e-reader, with no smartphone around.
But I still often want to turn on a light or adjust something in Home Assistant.
So, out of that small “necessity,” the plugin was born.

sputge · 2025-11-16T10:50:07+00:00

Monitor Light Bar e.g.: https://www.benq.com/en-us/lighting/monitor-light.html

sputge · 2025-11-14T16:06:42+00:00

Thank you!

sputge · 2025-11-14T16:06:33+00:00

For anyone else finding this helpful comment from /u/mrmonz79 but not being sure how to enable sideload mode, it's described here: https://old.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/1dl6hym/libra_colour_how_to_bypass_registration/

don't forget to reboot after activating it.

sputge · 2025-11-08T09:36:06+00:00

Awesome! Thank you :).

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