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Calibre-Web

Calibre-Web is a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using an existing calibre database.

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  • Self-Hosted  Python 2.7+
  • Cloudron
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  1.  OPDS Server
  2.  Built-in e-Book converter

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  • Farrukh reviewed Calibre-Web  

    It's a Web App hosted locally and running in your browser and merely a Read-only kind of UI using Calibre Database. I tried to Read the books, and it always tries to download the book file, instead of opening it in the Browser to read. I'm using WaterFox (Using Firefox engine). If you have multiple Calibre Libraries then there would be separate Database files for each library. Calibre-Web can import these database files One at a time.

    It has Shelf where you can arrange your books, but you...

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  •  411 Open Issues
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Calibre-Web, and it has gotten 37 likes

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Farrukh
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It's a Web App hosted locally and running in your browser and merely a Read-only kind of UI using Calibre Database. I tried to Read the books, and it always tries to download the book file, instead of opening it in the Browser to read. I'm using WaterFox (Using Firefox engine). If you have multiple Calibre Libraries then there would be separate Database files for each library. Calibre-Web can import these database files One at a time.

It has Shelf where you can arrange your books, but you can't add multiple books to a Shelf, instead you will have to add each book separately by opening its page. So not user friendly...

dkshsat
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Without Calibre, you can't even import books.

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What is Calibre-Web?

Calibre-Web is a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using an existing calibre icon calibre database.

Features: Bootstrap 3 HTML5 interface full graphical setup User management Admin interface User Interface in english, french, german, polish, simplified chinese, spanish OPDS feed for eBook reader apps Filter and search by titles, authors, tags, series and language Create custom book collection (shelves) Support for editing eBook metadata Support for converting eBooks from EPUB to Kindle format (mobi/azw) Restrict eBook download to logged-in users Support for public user registration Send eBooks to Kindle devices with the click of a button Support for reading eBooks directly in the browser (.txt, .epub, .pdf) Upload new books in PDF, epub, fb2 format Support for Calibre custom columns Fine grained per-user permissions Self update capability