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6 self-hosted BookSloth alternatives

BookSloth is a book discovery and reading-tracking service that lets users catalog books, set reading goals, log reading progress, create lists, rate/title recommendations, and share reviews and recommendations with a community.

Alternatives to BookSloth

BookWyrm is a federated social network to track reading, write reviews, share quotes, and discover books with communities via ActivityPub federation.

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2.8k stars329 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted, multi-user ebook library with smart shelves, automatic metadata, OPDS, device sync (Kobo/KOReader), BookDrop imports, and an in-browser reader.

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985 stars73 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted web app to catalog and track personal books with lists, reading progress, ratings, notes, OpenLibrary search, Mastodon sharing, and CSV/JSON export.

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611 stars32 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Mantium is a self-hosted manga tracker that collects manga metadata (not images) from multiple sources and provides a dashboard and iFrame for embedding.

145 stars7 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Simple companion web app for book clubs to suggest books, run voting rounds, track reading history, write reviews and integrate with Goodreads.

33 stars2 forkslast commit Actively maintained

What replacing BookSloth actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 6 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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