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E-Books & Digital Libraries tools -- a subcategory of Documents & Knowledge Base

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ebook2audiobook

18K

Generate audiobooks from e-books, voice cloning & 1158+ languages! - DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook

Calibre Web

17K

:books: Web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database - janeczku/calibre-web

Kavita

10K

Self-hosted e-books & digital libraries tool that provides cross-platform e-book/manga/comic/PDF server and web reader.

Komga

6.1K

Komga gives you media server for comics/mangas/BDs on your own infrastructure.

Librum

5.3K

Librum is a self-hosted e-books & digital libraries replacement for Evernote and Microsoft OneNote.

Calibre Web Automated

5.2K

Calibre Web Automated is a JavaScript-based application that provides all-in-one solution.

Readarr

3.4K

Readarr is a self-hosted media management & *arr tool with support for *arr, Automation, Books.

Shelfmark

2.8K

Self-hosted e-books & digital libraries tool that provides interface for searching and requesting book downloads.

BookWyrm

2.7K

BookWyrm is a self-hosted fediverse & activitypub replacement for Bitly, Buffer, and more.

Stump

2.1K

Stump lets you run fast, and comics, manga and digital book server with OPDS support entirely on your own server.

Openreads

1.5K

Openreads is a self-hosted personal dashboards tool with support for Android, Books, iOS.

Mylar3

1.4K

Mylar3 handles automated Comic Book (cbr/cbz) downloader program for use with NZB and torrents as a self-hosted solution.

LinguaCafe

1.3K

LinguaCafe handles software that helps language learners acquire vocabulary through reading as a self-hosted solution.

Kapowarr

897

Kapowarr is a self-hosted media management & *arr tool that builds and manage a comic book library. Download.

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JellyBook

754

Released under MIT, JellyBook provides book and comic reader for Jellyfin on self-hosted infrastructure.

Jelu

660

Jelu gives you read and to-read list book tracker on your own infrastructure.

Typemill

581

Typemill is a JavaScript-based application that creates manuals, documentation, and websites.

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MyBibliotheca

553

Self-hosted e-books & digital libraries tool that provides personal library and reading tracker.

pyShelf

527

PyShelf lets you run simple terminal-based ebook server entirely on your own server.

BookLogr

492

Self-hosted e-books & digital libraries tool that provides service for tracking personal libraries.

Teemii

454

Teemii lets you run manga reader and manager with extensible agent-based metadata retrieval entirely on your own server.

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Calibre-Web Companion

411

Calibre-Web Companion is a self-hosted e-books & digital libraries tool that browses and download Calibre-Web books from an Android device.

LazyLibrarian

363

Self-hosted workflow automation tool that provides follow authors and manage ebook collections.

BiblioReads

297

BiblioReads gives you goodreads frontend focused on privacy on your own infrastructure.

Autocaliweb

231

Self-hosted e-books & digital libraries tool that provides clean web interface for Calibre.

BookHeaven

164

BookHeaven is a HTML-based application that provides eBook management and reading platform.

Storyteller

147

Storyteller handles create and read eBooks with synced narration as a self-hosted solution.

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Mantium

130

Mantium lets you run manga tracking dashboard from multiple sources entirely on your own server.

BookHaven

115

Released under GPL-3.0, BookHaven provides browser-based EPUB reader on self-hosted infrastructure.

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Obskurnee

26

Obskurnee is a C#-based application that provides book club companion for voting on upcoming books.

Inkheart

18

Inkheart is a self-hosted e-books & digital libraries tool that provides PDF library indexer and reader.

ComicOPDS

1

Self-hosted e-books & digital libraries tool that provides lightweight comic OPDS server.

Why Self-Host Your E-Book and Digital Library?

Amazon can delete books from your Kindle remotely — they have done it before. Audible locks audiobooks behind DRM. Goodreads is owned by Amazon and mines your reading data for advertising. Self-hosted book servers give you a personal library that you truly own, accessible from any device, with no DRM restrictions and no corporation monitoring your reading habits.

Calibre-Web provides a clean, mobile-friendly interface for browsing and downloading books from a Calibre library, with OPDS catalog support for e-reader apps. Kavita is a modern, fast reading server supporting manga, comics, and books with built-in reading progress sync. Komga specializes in comics and manga with metadata scraping and a responsive reader. Calibre-Web Automated extends Calibre-Web with automatic book importing and format conversion. Readarr automates book acquisition by monitoring for new releases from authors you follow.

The reading management ecosystem is equally rich. BookWyrm provides a federated alternative to Goodreads — track what you read, write reviews, and share recommendations through the ActivityPub network. OpenReads and BookLogr offer personal reading trackers. Stump and JellyBook provide additional reading server options with different feature sets. LinguaCafe combines e-book reading with language learning, looking up words and tracking vocabulary as you read. Ebook2Audiobook converts text to speech using AI voices, creating audiobooks from your EPUB collection. For collection management, Kapowarr and Mylar3 handle comic book organization and acquisition automatically.