Best Self-hosted Books, Comics & Audiobooks Libraries tools in 2026

A scalable open-source integrated library system (ILS) for cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, patron management and consortial workflows with web and OPAC interfaces.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Follett Destiny Library Manager+6

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

Actively maintained

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AniList+7

Self-hosted web app to scan, manage and read EPUB ebooks with OPDS, metadata editing, uploads, RBAC, OIDC and Docker deployment.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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BookFusion+4

Open-source library management system for library networks with cataloging, circulation, and a public online catalog.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Follett Destiny Library Manager+6

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

Actively maintained

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Goodreads+5

ComicOPDS is a lightweight OPDS 1.2 server for serving CBZ comics with ComicInfo.xml metadata, fast SQLite FTS5 search, thumbnails, and page streaming.

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Comixology+4

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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Goodreads+6

LazyLibrarian tracks authors, fetches book metadata, and automates ebook/audiobook downloads via Usenet or torrents, with Calibre integration and an OPDS catalog.

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Readarr