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Tagged guides

What is new in Boundless, and the occasional note about how a piece of it was built.

A practical guide to adding sources

How to add the official repository, install a source, add a repository from elsewhere, and fix one that stops working.

Making the app yours

How the accent theme, background style, and ambient effect combine, what each one changes, and what appearance settings leave alone.

Building your first Boundless source

A walkthrough for writing a Boundless source in JavaScript, from the required methods to testing it and publishing it in a repository.

Getting your library ready for a flight

How to add titles, batch chapters, and download enough of your library to get through a flight or a dead zone with no signal at all.

The Boundless PIN, and the control that matters more

How the parental PIN works, how it is stored, and why picking sources matters more than the PIN itself.

Getting the most out of the reader

Tap zones, auto-scroll, precise resume, and how sources connect to what shows up on the page.

Why Boundless ships empty

Why Boundless ships with nothing in it, how the account and storage choices work, and what it deliberately leaves out.