KJV-Reader

A lightweight KJV Bible reader built in Rust with egui.

KJV-Reader displays the King James Version one chapter at a time with fast full-text search across all 66 books. No frills — just scripture and speed.

Features

• Chapter-by-chapter KJV reading with book and chapter navigation
• Full-text search across the entire Bible with clickable results
• Books displayed in standard biblical order
• Lightweight native desktop app (no browser, no Electron)

Building

Requires Rust (edition 2024).

cargo build --release

Run from the project root (the old_testament/ and new_testament/ directories must be in the working directory):

cargo run

Data

The KJV text comes from Project Gutenberg. Each book is a plain text file with the format chapter:verse text — one verse per line.

See Also

Looking for Hebrew/Greek interlinear support, Strong's numbers, bookmarks, and themes? Check out Berean, the full-featured version of this app.

License

See license.txt.