An enhanced Calibre-Web fork that automates eBook ingest, conversion, metadata/cover enforcement, backups, and device sync for a streamlined digital library workflow.
6k stars473 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
12 self-hosted LibraryThing alternatives
LibraryThing is an online cataloging service for personal and small-library book collections. It supports metadata import (ISBN), tagging, organization, recommendations, user reviews, and community discussion forums.
Alternatives to LibraryThing
#2
BookWyrm is a federated social network to track reading, write reviews, share quotes, and discover books with communities via ActivityPub federation.
2.8k stars327 forkslast commit Actively maintained
Openreads is a privacy-oriented Flutter app for Android and iOS to track books you’ve read, are reading, want to read, or didn’t finish, with tags, stats, and CSV import/export.
1.6k stars115 forksGPL-2.0last commit Slowing down
#4
Self-hosted book-tracking web app to manage read/to-read lists, import/export libraries, tag books, write reviews and run a personal Goodreads-like library.
721 stars31 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#5
Self-hosted, multi-user ebook library with smart shelves, automatic metadata, OPDS, device sync (Kobo/KOReader), BookDrop imports, and an in-browser reader.
666 stars56 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#6
Self-hosted web app to catalog and track personal books with lists, reading progress, ratings, notes, OpenLibrary search, Mastodon sharing, and CSV/JSON export.
597 stars32 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
Self-hosted alternative to Goodreads for logging books, tracking reading progress, and visualizing your personal library with multi-user support.
576 stars38 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Fork of Calibre-Web providing a Bootstrap-based web UI to browse, read, convert and serve eBooks, comics and PDFs from a Calibre database with Docker support.
236 stars6 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Open-source server to organize, serve and sync EPUB/PDF ebooks with metadata editing, OPDS support, progress tracking and client auto-discovery.
186 stars3 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#10
Mantium is a self-hosted manga tracker that collects manga metadata (not images) from multiple sources and provides a dashboard and iFrame for embedding.
144 stars7 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#11
Simple companion web app for book clubs to suggest books, run voting rounds, track reading history, write reviews and integrate with Goodreads.
30 stars2 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#12
Libre web app to catalog books, create lists, and share libraries using open bibliographic data such as Wikidata and ISBN metadata.
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What replacing LibraryThing 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. 10 of 12 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-3.0, GPL-2.0, MIT, AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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