MyBibliotheca

MyBibliotheca is a self-hosted personal library manager and reading tracker for logging books, organizing your collection, and visualizing your reading habits. It focuses on private, personal data ownership while offering multi-user accounts and administrative management.

Key Features

• Add books by ISBN with automatic metadata and cover fetching
• Search and import books using the Google Books API
• Track reading status (e.g., currently reading, plan to read, finished)
• Daily reading logs with pages/time and personal notes
• Bulk import from Goodreads and other CSV exports
• Multi-user authentication with user data isolation and admin user management
• Graph-backed data modeling for relationships (authors, genres, books) using KuzuDB
• Responsive web UI built with server-rendered templates

Use Cases

• Maintain a private, self-hosted catalog of your personal library
• Track reading progress and daily reading sessions across multiple books
• Create monthly or periodic wrap-ups from your finished reading list

Limitations and Considerations

• The project is under heavy development; upgrades may risk data persistence without careful backups

MyBibliotheca is well-suited for readers who want a private, self-managed alternative to public reading platforms. It combines simple book logging and reading analytics with multi-user support for households or small communities.