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Which file to get, how to start it, how updates work, and what Katari sends.
Every file is on the download page.
Katari runs on phones and tablets with Android 10 or newer. Most people want Katari. The same app without Google services is Katari FOSS, which never sends crash logs or usage data. Smaller files made for one type of processor are there too.
The AppImage, for computers with a 64-bit Intel or AMD processor (x86_64). It is the whole app in one file, with nothing to install.
Allow the file to run as a program, in its properties in your file manager or with chmod +x in a
terminal, then open it. Keep it in a folder of your own, such as ~/Applications, so Katari can
update it.
Yes. When a new version is out, Katari offers to download and install it.
Both builds do. Android asks once for permission to let Katari install apps.
Katari writes the new version over its own AppImage, which keeps its file name, and asks you to restart. That needs the AppImage in a folder you can write to.
In a katari folder in each of these:
~/.local/share: the library, extensions and custom covers.~/.config: settings and profiles.~/.cache: covers, images, the web view's data and downloaded updates.~/.local/state: logs and crash reports.
Where an XDG variable such as XDG_DATA_HOME is set, its folder is used instead. Downloads and
backups go to the storage folder you pick.
An optional app that lets Katari play video in mpv, for formats and styled subtitles the built-in player can't handle. See Watching video.
Yes, with a backup from Mihon. Coming from Mihon walks through it, and how to keep your downloads.
Katari comes with no content and has no affiliation with any provider. Content comes from extensions you choose. Add an extension store under Browse › Extensions, then install the extensions you want from it. First steps walks through it.
Katari can send crash logs and usage data. Its setup shows both as switches, and you can change them any time in Settings › Security and privacy. Crash logs are on until you turn them off, and usage data is off until you turn it on. The privacy policy lists what they contain and everything else Katari sends. Katari FOSS for Android sends neither.