Self-Hosted E-Book Management: 25 Open-Source Apps
Comparisons in this tag:Calibre vs Calibre WebKavita vs Komga
Best for your setup
Homelab Novice
Wants it running tonight, with one command.
Audiobookshelf14.7k
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.
- Live demo
- Documented
See all83/100 fitHow well this app matches homelab novices, 0 to 100
Homelab Hacker
Wants control: APIs, scripts and many ways to run it.
kiwix-serve967
A collection of command-line tools for managing, searching, and serving ZIM files.
- CLI or plugin support
- Works offline
See allDefault rank #9
71/100 fitHow well this app matches homelab hackers, 0 to 100
25 projects
Audiobookshelf
14.7k
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.
Audio StreamingE-Book ManagementCopyleft License+2
Calibre Web
18.4k
A web app for browsing, reading, downloading, and managing eBooks from a Calibre database.
E-Book ManagementCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+2
Calibre
26.2k
calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager that can view, convert, edit, catalog, and fetch metadata for e-books.
E-Book ManagementCopyleft LicenseMedia Management
Calibre Web Automated
6.4k
Calibre-Web Automated is a self-hosted digital library solution that combines Calibre-Web’s web interface with Calibre-like automation and management features.
E-Book ManagementCopyleft LicenseLibrary Management Systems+3
Komga
6.8k
Komga is a media server for comics, manga, BDs, magazines, and eBooks.
E-Book ManagementPermissive LicenseMedia Management+1
Stump
2.8k
Stump is a free and open source comics, manga, and digital book server with OPDS support.
E-Book ManagementMedia ManagementMultimedia Streaming+2
Kapowarr
1.1k
Kapowarr is a comic book library manager for organizing, downloading, renaming, moving, and converting comic issues and volumes.
E-Book ManagementCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+2
Single Container
Kavita
11.9k
Kavita is a fast, feature-rich, cross-platform reading server for manga, comics, webtoons, and books.
E-Book ManagementCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+3
Open Core
kiwix-serve
967
A collection of command-line tools for managing, searching, and serving ZIM files.
E-Book ManagementCopyleft LicenseSelf Hosting Solutions+3
Typemill
619
Typemill is an open-source flat-file CMS for building websites and eBooks from markdown files.
CMS PlatformsKnowledge ManagementDocument Management+4
BookLore
1.3k
BookLore is a self-hosted app for managing a personal book collection, with reading, annotation, syncing, and sharing features.
E-Book ManagementSelf Hosting SolutionsLibrary Management Systems+1
BookLogr
633
A self-hosted web app for tracking a personal book library.
E-Book ManagementPermissive LicenseLibrary Management Systems+3
2 ContainersFully FOSS
Audioserve
861
Audioserve is a simple personal server for serving audiobook and other audio files from directory-based collections.
Audio StreamingPermissive LicenseMedia Management+2
OpenReader
542
OpenReader is an open source, self-host-friendly text-to-speech document reader for EPUB, PDF, TXT, MD, and DOCX with synchronized read-along playback.
Miscellaneous ToolsE-Book ManagementAudio Streaming+4
AmuseWiki
221
A wiki engine based on Text::Amuse markup with a Git backend, designed for read-only, moderated, open, or private wiki sites.
WikisCMS PlatformsBlogging Platforms+2
Atsumeru
191
A self-hosted media server for mangas, comics, and light novels.
E-Book ManagementPermissive LicenseMedia Management+1
Mylar3
126
Mylar3 is an automated comic book downloader and library manager for NZB and torrent sources.
Automation ToolsMedia ManagementE-Book Management+3
Grimmory
4.5k
Grimmory is a self-hosted digital library for managing, reading, syncing, and sharing books and other media.
E-Book Management
2 Containers
BookBounty
292
BookBounty is a tool for finding missing books in a Readarr library.
Automation ToolsCopyleft LicenseE-Book Management+2
Single ContainerCloud Required
MyMangaDB
28
MyMangaDB is a manga collection manager that automatically fetches metadata, cover art, and statistics for your library.
E-Book ManagementMedia ManagementLibrary Management Systems+3
Bindery
64
Bindery is a self-hosted, Dockerized converter that automatically processes e-books and comics from watched folders into e-reader-friendly formats.
E-Book Management
Single Container
LazyLibrarian
398
Follow authors and grab metadata for all your digital reading needs. It uses a combination of Goodreads, Librarything and optionally GoogleBooks as sources for author info and book info.
Automation ToolsE-Book ManagementMedia Management+3
Fully FOSS
Inkheart
23
Lightweight PDF library and reader.
Document ManagementFully FOSSE-Book Management
Fully FOSS
Bookwyrm
2.8k
BookWyrm is a federated social network for tracking reading, posting book reviews, and discovering what to read next.
E-Book ManagementLibrary Management SystemsSocial Media+2
11 ContainersFully FOSS
Ubooquity
Free to use, versatile, lightweight, multi-platform, and secure home server for your comic and e-book library.
E-Book ManagementSelf Hosting SolutionsMedia Management