Self-hosted projects tagged “eBook Reader”

Calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager to organize libraries, edit and convert formats, fetch metadata, and sync content to e-readers.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Adobe Digital Editions+3

Self-hosted web app to browse, read, download, and manage eBooks from an existing Calibre library, with OPDS catalogs, user permissions, and device sync options.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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BookFusion+4

Open-source self-hosted reading server providing EPUB/PDF/comics readers, OPDS feeds, rich metadata, user/role management, full-text search and a REST API.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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BookFusion+5

Self-hosted media server to organize and read comics and manga, with a web reader, REST API, OPDS catalogs, and eReader sync (Kobo, KOReader).

MITActively maintained

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Amazon Kindle+7

Open-source, cross-platform Qt e-reader and library manager with cloud sync, highlighting, an in-app bookstore, AI-assisted lookups, and support for common formats.

GPL-3.0Likely dormant

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Adobe Digital Editions+4

Unified web UI to search, aggregate, and download books and audiobooks from multiple sources, with queue management, metadata providers, and client integrations.

MITActively maintained

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Readarr+5

Self-hosted ebook and audiobook collection manager that automates searches, downloads, upgrades, and library organization via Usenet and BitTorrent clients.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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Readarr

Self-hosted server for comics, manga, and digital books with a built-in web UI, OPDS catalog support, and a REST API for library browsing and reading.

MITActively maintained

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Comixology+7

Python/Flask reading-based language learning app that turns texts into interactive lessons, with term management, plugins, audio and Anki export.

MITActively maintained

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LingQ+3

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

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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BookFusion+10

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.

MITActively maintained

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Goodreads+4

Teemii is a self-hosted web app for managing, reading, and indexing manga collections with metadata aggregation and scheduled updates.

MITLikely dormant

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Comixology+7

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.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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OverDrive Libby+12

Open-source server to organize, serve and sync EPUB/PDF ebooks with metadata editing, OPDS support, progress tracking and client auto-discovery.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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BookFusion+6