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Lazylibrarian-calibre

A single container bundling LazyLibrarian and Calibre for a complete self-hosted e-book workflow.

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A single container bundling LazyLibrarian and Calibre for a complete self-hosted e-book workflow. LazyLibrarian follows authors and grabs book metadata from Goodreads, LibraryThing, and Google Books, while Calibre organizes and manages the resulting e-book library. It suits homelab readers who want automated book discovery plus library management in one stack, avoiding the setup of two separate images.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 6 install platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)

Also on Docker Hub

Health score

25/100 Low

Maintained
0last commit 2867 days ago
Popular
57723 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

How is this calculated?

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). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 9 days ago

GitHub stars
723
Open issues
5
Last commit
2018-12-03
Latest release
1.6.2
Activity
stale

Checked 2 days ago - source: GitHub (DobyTang/LazyLibrarian)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is not supported.

Checked 10 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Keep /config stored safely Make sure the /config folder is saved somewhere it will not be deleted when the app is recreated. That folder holds your settings and saved library details, so losing it means starting your setup over. source
  • Upstream project Active development has moved to the LazyLibrarian project on GitLab (gitlab.com/LazyLibrarian/LazyLibrarian); the linked GitHub repo is no longer maintained, so open issues and pull requests on the new repo. source

Fetched yesterday - each note links to its source

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  • Episteme Reader - Episteme Reader is an offline-first application designed for reading various document formats.
  • FBReader - E-reader application.
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  • Komga - A Media server for comics/mangas/BDs with API and OPDS support.
  • Moon+ Reader - Innovative book reader with powerful controls & full functions.
  • ReadEra - Read book files in EPUB, PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, DJVU, FB2, MOBI and CHM formats.
  • Storyteller - Storyteller is a self-hosted platform for aligning owned ebooks and audiobooks into synchronized electronic publication (EPUB) 3 files, let…
  • booklore - 📖 BookLore is a modern web application created to transform the way digital libraries are managed and experienced.

Checked 7 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

What should I back up to keep my LazyLibrarian setup intact?

Back up the /config folder. It stores your settings and saved library details, so losing it means starting the setup over.

Why do I get file permission problems when LazyLibrarian and Calibre run in separate Docker containers?

Separate Docker containers can cause file permission issues unless one container has elevated privileges. Grant elevated privileges to Calibre so it can access the files, or to LazyLibrarian so it can.

Does LazyLibrarian convert ebook formats?

No, LazyLibrarian does not have a converter built in. Calibre is a good choice for converting ebook formats.

Answers sourced from lazylibrarian.gitlab.io, lazylibrarian.gitlab.io, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 10 days ago - public community threads