dalibre
★ 248Open Source — No PaywallSource1 active committer (12mo)
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Dalibre is a desktop e-book library application for working with calibre libraries. It is written in Go and uses MyGo’s native UI, with an emphasis on being fast, small, and self-contained as a...
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Features
- Reads and writes calibre libraries
- Native desktop UI
- Plugin system
- MCP server
- Metadata lookup plugins
- Self-updating releases
- View tests can save screenshots
Details
- Last Updated
- Nov 10, 2026
- Created
- Nov 8, 2026
- Install Methods
- source
- Requirements
- Gocalibre library
- API
- GRPC
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Theming
- Dark mode
- Deployment
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