> I dreamed of writing a native app[...] but ran into issues building the UI. Plus, whatever I built would only work on macOS. I started writing Citadel using

> I dreamed of writing a native app[...] but ran into issues building the UI. Plus, whatever I built would only work on macOS. I started writing Citadel using Tauri[...] to have a cross-platform desktop app. Have you looked at Zotero? This would fit well within that ecosystem, and it's hard to think that shoring up its support for ebooks (and Calibre compatibility) would be poorly received. I could imagine Citadel being an opinionated Zotero "distribution"—in the vein of OS distros or the various Jetbrains IDEs—with its own landing page and downloads, to better cater towards and more tailored for people primarily interested in reading for pleasure (rather than an emphasis on academic research, which tends to throw people off when recommending it, even though most of the pieces are there for ebook management...)