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If it's not open source, how can one trust it in such a sensitive question as accessing libgen?

If it is open source, then the support may eventually materialize.

The source is available: https://github.com/libgenapps/LibgenDesktop

However, the repo has no license, and therefore is not free and open source. Technically that code is still proprietary. How much someone writing a libgen app would care if you forked their proprietary app is left as an exercise for the reader.

I think it uses WPF for the interface, so Linux support would pretty much require a fork unless WPF starts supporting Linux.

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