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rreading-glasses is a drop-in replacement for the official metadata provider (Goodreads) that delivers lightning-fast, high-coverage book and author data to…

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rreading-glasses is a drop-in replacement for the official metadata provider (Goodreads) that delivers lightning-fast, high-coverage book and author data to Arr-based library clients such as Readarr. It speeds up searches and imports by caching metadata in memory and Postgres, supports very large authors and upcoming releases not found in the official service, and provides full Goodreads compatibility or can proxy the open-source Hardcover API.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

54/100 Fair

Maintained
58last commit 172 days ago
Popular
641,572 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 11 days ago

GitHub stars
1,572
Open issues
56
Last commit
2026-04-25
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
stale

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (blampe/rreading-glasses)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 16 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Configure your *arr app to use rreading-glasses As a drop-in replacement for the official metadata provider, rreading-glasses works with your existing setup: point your *arr app (e.g., Readarr) to the rreading-glasses instance URL as its metadata provider instead of the official one. source

Fetched today - each note links to its source

Alternatives

No alternatives collected yet.

Common questions

How do I troubleshoot suspected metadata inconsistencies?

Pull the latest image, either the latest or hardcover tag. If the data still looks inconsistent, request an author refresh and wait a little while.

Can I switch to it while keeping my existing library?

It works with your existing installation and is backwards-compatible with your library. It can be enabled or disabled in seconds.

Does it cover Goodreads and Hardcover?

It provides full coverage of Goodreads and Hardcover.

Can it be deployed with Docker?

It can be self-hosted with Docker.

Answers sourced from github.com, github.com, selfhost.directory

Community

Collected 16 days ago - public community threads