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Post-install · Custom firmware

Customize CrossPoint without a plugin store

Install custom fonts, built-in themes, and sleep-screen images on the Xteink X3 and X4. SUMI Lua is the only installable plugin system. All free.

Flash first. Fonts, themes, and sleep screens need CrossPoint on the Xteink X3 or X4. SUMI Lua needs SUMI. None of this runs on stock. Still on factory firmware? Find your firmware.

What you can add

7 add-ons. Start with fonts. Reach for SUMI only if you want scripts.

Custom fonts (.cpfont)

The real "plugin" layer for CrossPoint. 23+ prebuilt families (Literata, Merriweather, Atkinson Hyperlegible, IBM Plex…). Download over WiFi on-device, upload via the web UI, or copy to /.fonts/ on the SD card. Build your own from any TTF with the font builder.

crosspoint-fonts

Themes

Selectable built-in UI themes: Classic, Lyra, Lyra Extended, RoundedRaff. Custom user themes are not installable. You pick from the built-ins.

crosspointreader.com

Sleep-screen images

Drop 24-bit BMPs (480×800 for X4, 528×792 for X3) into /.sleep/ on the SD card, or a single sleep.bmp in the root, for custom wallpapers/screensavers.

guide

Calibre plugin

A desktop Calibre device driver that sends EPUBs to the reader over WiFi/WebSocket with auto-discovery. Installed into Calibre, not the device.

calibre-plugins

.xtc / .xtch converters

Convert books to the device-native format for the fastest rendering and control over grayscale: bigbag/epub-to-xtc-converter (web + CLI) and CrazyCoder/cr2xt (desktop). For manga, comics, and PDFs, varo6/xtcjs adds dithering and spread-splitting.

xtcjs (manga/PDF)

SUMI Lua plugins

The most genuine plugin system in the scene: SUMI firmware ships a Lua scripting framework for user-written extensions, alongside ~20 built-in apps and a dictionary. If you actually want "installable plugins", this is it.

SUMI

PlusPoint (experimental OS)

Often mislabelled as a JavaScript-app platform. It is not one. PlusPoint is a from-scratch C++ OS proof-of-concept for the X4. The app launcher is not built yet, so it is not a working plugin system today. For real scriptable plugins, use SUMI (Lua).

pluspoint-reader

Owner kit

A light and a case after setup

X3 and X4 ship without a front light. A clip-on is the usual first add-on.

  • eReader Magnetic Reading Light

    eReader Magnetic Reading Light

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  • X4 Pro Magnetic Case

    X4 Pro Magnetic Case

    Official
    $8.99
    Buy

Kit it on accessories .

Works on stock. Software & tools → for Calibre, KOReader sync, and OPDS servers.

Verified August 24, 2026. Not affiliated with Xteink.