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2 self-hosted Readerware alternatives

Readerware is a cataloging and collection-management service for books, music and video. It scans ISBN/UPC, fetches and edits metadata, tracks inventory, generates reports, and offers database publishing/web access for personal users and small libraries.

Alternatives to Readerware

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

Atsumeru is a free self-hosted media server for managing, reading and syncing manga, comics and light novels across native desktop and mobile clients.

189 stars13 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

What replacing Readerware 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. 2 of 2 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0, MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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