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Calibre-Web
Your ebook library in a web browser, to read, share and send to your e-reader.
Learning
GPL-3.0-or-later
What it does
Calibre-Web puts your collection of ebooks on a friendly web page. Browse by cover, author or series, read in the browser, and send a book to your Kindle or sync it to a Kobo with one click. Each family member can have their own login, shelves and reading list. It works with a library made by Calibre, the popular free ebook program.
- Browse your whole ebook library by cover, author, series or tag
- Read EPUB, PDF and comics in the browser
- Send to Kindle by email, and sync with Kobo e-readers
- Separate logins, shelves and content restrictions for each family member
Great for: Book lovers and families with an ebook collection who want to read and share it from any device.
- LicenceGPL-3.0-or-later
- Where it runsOnline (from $4.90/month) · Your computer (free)
- Built withpython, javascript, html
- Your dataStays in your own copy
- Sourcejaneczku/calibre-web
Ways to use it
Choose one when you tell your AI. It sets everything up with you, in plain words.
- Online with PikaPods from $4.90/monthA small, friendly host just for open-source apps. Pay by the hour, cancel any time, and new accounts get $5 of free credit. Third-party host.
- On my own computerFreeYour AI installs what it needs and explains each step. It works while your computer is on.
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How people are using this project
Examples of what people ask their AI to do with Calibre-Web. Start from one, or just tell your AI and it will ask what you'd like.
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“My two kids should only see books tagged 'Children' and must not be able to delete or edit anything. Help me set up their accounts.”
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“We have three Kindles in the house. Help me set up email so each of us can press 'Send to Kindle' on a book and it arrives on our own device.”
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“I have a Kobo Clara. I'd like a shelf called 'To read' in Calibre-Web that appears on my Kobo automatically, with reading progress synced back.”
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“Switch the site to the dark theme, call it 'The Patel Family Library', and show 30 books per page instead of 60.”
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“Our book club picks one book a month. Add a simple 'This month's book' box at the top of the home page that I can change from a shelf.”
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“My dad finds the covers and titles tiny. Make the covers larger and the text bigger on the main book list, without breaking it on phones.”
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Can I trust it?
- GPL-3.0-or-later. Free to use and change. If you give copies of the program (changed or not) to other people, you must share the source code under the same licence. Running it for your household, or as a website others use, has no extra obligations.
- Your data: stores personal data, on your own device or server. Your books and Calibre's metadata.db stay in your Calibre library folder. Users, shelves, reading status and settings are in Calibre-Web's own app.db in the config folder.
- Other services: Email (SMTP or Gmail) (optional, free with most providers); Book metadata sources (Google Books, Amazon, ComicVine, Douban, Lubimyczytac, Google Scholar) (optional, free); Kobo store proxy (optional, free); Google Drive (optional, free); Login providers (LDAP, GitHub or Google OAuth, reverse-proxy login) (optional, free)
- Pinned version
6e840ac. Every handover uses exactly this code, which we've reviewed. - Change the default admin / admin123 password at first login.
- Leave public registration and anonymous browsing off unless you really want strangers in. Use HTTPS if it's on the internet.
- Many ebooks are copyrighted. Sharing your library with people outside your household may break the law.
- The OPDS feed and Kobo sync URLs give access to books. Treat Kobo sync links like passwords.
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