One library for the books you read and the books you listen to: Chaptarr manages audiobooks and eBooks side by side, so the same title can live on your server as a chaptered M4B and an EPUB without two separate apps fighting over it. It knows the difference between editions and narrators, which means a dramatized production, an unabridged reading, and the print text can coexist as first-class versions of one work. Multi-part releases and multi-file recordings are handled as single books, and MP3 audiobooks can be converted into one chaptered M4B with chapters preserved or inserted where they are missing. Separate root folders keep audiobooks and eBooks apart, or place eBooks alongside their audio twins; either way, matching uses file tags, folder names, and release metadata to attach files to the right book automatically. Series are organized for you, metadata profiles control which languages belong in your library, and flexible renaming tokens produce filenames that read the same way a human would shelve them. Custom quality profiles per library drive automatic upgrades when a better release appears, and the standard download clients and indexer integrations from the *arr family plug straight in. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Instead of manually hunting through indexers and stitching chapter files together, ReadMeABook automates the entire audiobook request, download, and M4B library organization pipeline for Audiobookshelf and Plex. Users search an Audible-backed catalog by title, author, narrator, or series, inspect full book summaries with runtime and publisher metadata, and submit one-click requests from a clean browser portal. Once approved, the engine queries Prowlarr across torrent and Usenet indexers, dispatches releases to qBittorrent or SABnzbd, and monitors download progress until completion. Multi-file MP3 downloads merge automatically into a single chapterized M4B audiobook via FFmpeg, complete with embedded cover art, narrator tags, and series ordering metadata before triggering a media server library scan. Not sure what to listen to next? BookDate pairs OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or local LLM endpoints with a swipeable card deck that learns your reading tastes and queues new titles with a single swipe right. Optional e-book sidecar fetching grabs companion EPUB or PDF files alongside audio releases, while multi-user approval queues, OIDC single sign-on, Goodreads shelf syncing, and Discord, Pushover, Apprise, or ntfy notifications keep household libraries running smoothly. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

When household readers want a single web portal to search, request, and deliver ebooks and audiobooks without juggling separate indexers or download clients, Shelfmark unifies the entire acquisition pipeline in one self-hosted hub. Universal search mode queries Hardcover, Open Library, and Google Books for rich cover art, series order, and edition metadata before aggregating matching releases across every configured source. Direct search mode queries individual providers immediately for rapid title lookups. You can connect Prowlarr torrent and Usenet indexers, direct web download mirrors, IRC book channels, and Soulseek peers through slskd inside one unified interface. Multi-user accounts support granular request policies where family members or friends submit book or release requests for admin approval, complete with per-user language preferences and custom delivery targets. Completed downloads automatically rename and route files into Calibre, Calibre-Web, Grimmory, BookLore, or Audiobookshelf watch folders, or dispatch directly to e-readers over SMTP email. Built-in authentication supports local credentials, reverse proxy headers, OpenID Connect single sign-on, and existing Calibre-Web user databases. Optional WireGuard VPN with a fail-closed kill switch and Tor routing keep external indexer queries private. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Consolidate your entire digital library into a self-hosted reading sanctuary with BookOrbit, an open-source media platform that organizes ebooks, audiobooks, comic archives, and research PDFs within a personal private cloud. Readers can enjoy multi-format media directly through responsive browser readers that support EPUB, CBZ, and M4B formats without external browser extensions. The platform synchronizes reading bookmarks, highlights, and completion statuses across web interfaces, Kobo ereaders, and KOReader devices. An automated metadata enrichment engine queries fourteen upstream bibliographic indexes, downloading cover artwork, chapter breakdowns, author biographies, and series taxonomies. The staging workspace allows librarians to inspect incoming files, review suggested metadata revisions, and embed updated tags directly into physical storage archives before shelving. Custom reading dashboards track annual book goals, calculate daily streaks, and plot reading habit radar charts. Multi-user configurations support distinct per-user collections, granular content permissions, and single sign-on authentication through OpenID Connect providers. Power users can export private OPDS feeds to external mobile reading applications or push books directly to connected Kindle hardware. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GNU AGPL v3.0 licensed.

Stop wrestling with dead scrapers and scattered reading folders by orchestrating your digital library through Bindery, an automated ebook and audiobook management platform that tracks favorite authors, monitors release schedules, coordinates indexer searches, and organizes media collections. Users can configure monitoring profiles to automatically track author bibliographies across OpenLibrary, Google Books, and Hardcover without fear of dead endpoints breaking their library. Dual-format tracking allows each book entry to hold separate digital ebook and multi-part audiobook files in distinct directory roots. The integrated search engine evaluates Newznab and Torznab indexers in parallel, scoring releases by edition tags, audio bitrate, narrator names, and release year to grab the highest quality versions. Download jobs pass seamlessly to background clients like SABnzbd, NZBGet, Transmission, or Deluge, moving completed files into custom library folder structures with hardlinks. An interactive release calendar highlights upcoming publications, while the manual metadata editor locks custom titles, genres, and series ordering against upstream refreshes. Readers can browse curated collections directly through the built-in OPDS feed on mobile reading apps or export organized media straight into Calibre and Audiobookshelf. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Consolidate fragmented collections of digital novels, graphic novels, manga, and audiobooks into Grimmory, an open-source media library server that combines automated file sorting with rich in-browser reading environments. The server indexes diverse media formats including EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, PDF, CBZ, CBR, CB7, M4B, and MP3 files across isolated storage directories. Readers explore literature through specialized browser viewports that provide customizable typography, CFI highlight annotations, two-page comic spreads with right-to-left manga modes, and chapter-based audiobook playback with sleep timers. Automated BookDrop watch folders ingest incoming files, retrieving book covers, author biographies, and community ratings from Google Books, Open Library, and Amazon APIs. Dynamic Magic Shelves organize catalogs automatically using nested boolean rule trees that filter books by page counts, genres, release dates, or narrator identities without server reload overhead. External e-readers access media catalogs through standard OPDS feeds or native Kobo and KOReader synchronization endpoints that match documents by binary content hashes. Built-in email delivery sends formatted books directly to Kindle devices with a single click, while OpenID Connect authentication enforces granular multi-user library permissions. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GNU AGPLv3 licensed.

Turn any chaotic digital book archive into an autonomous, self-organizing reading portal using Calibre-Web Automated, a digital library manager featuring hands-free format conversions, metadata fetching, and e-reader synchronization. Readers can drop raw ebook files into the automated intake directory and watch the system instantly convert between twenty-eight distinct file types, repair malformed EPUB internal markup, and fetch enriched metadata from Hardcover, Kobo, and ISBN databases. The responsive web reader lets you browse collections, read directly in any desktop or mobile browser, and organize titles into dynamic rules-based Magic Shelves that update automatically. Built-in KOReader sync harmonizes reading progress and bookmarks across mobile devices and e-ink readers, while native OPDS feeds connect seamlessly to your favorite external reader applications. Administrative tools empower you to run hybrid SQL and fuzzy duplicate detection scans, perform batch metadata editing across entire series, enforce cover art changes directly into source files, and auto-dispatch newly ingested books to Kindle or Kobo devices via scheduled email delivery. Granular multi-user controls allow administrators to assign folder permissions, restrict downloads, enforce dark mode themes, and authenticate readers securely through OAuth and OpenID Connect identity providers. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GNU General Public License v3.0 licensed.

Serious readers organize, convert, edit, and serve their e-book libraries with Calibre - the definitive open-source e-book manager. This deployment runs the full Calibre desktop application on your server, accessible from any browser, so your library lives in one authoritative place instead of scattered across devices. Its conversion engine is the best in the business, translating between every major format - EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF, DOCX, and dozens more - with fine control over fonts, margins, metadata, and structure detection. Metadata management downloads covers, descriptions, series info, and identifiers from online sources, and every field is editable in bulk. Beyond cataloging, Calibre includes a full e-book editor for EPUB and AZW3 internals, a news engine that fetches newspapers and magazines from the web on schedule and converts them into e-books, book comparison tools, and device syncing that sends the right format to each connected reader. The built-in content server exposes your library over HTTP so phones, tablets, and e-readers can browse and download remotely. A deep plugin ecosystem extends everything - metadata sources, format support, store integrations. For power users, the complete CLI (calibredb, ebook-convert) enables scripted library automation. Your books, your metadata, your server - permanent and DRM-free storage under your control.

With OpenReader, any EPUB, PDF, Word document, Markdown file, or plain text book transforms into an interactive reading workspace paired with natural text-to-speech playback and multi-chapter audiobook export. Documents render natively in their original page layout rather than flattening into plain text, using layout-aware block detection and cross-page stitching so multi-column academic papers, technical manuals, and textbooks flow in the right reading order while skipping headers and footnotes. As narration plays, word-level forced alignment highlights each spoken word directly on the page in real time, and progressive background generation starts audio playback on the first segment while synthesizing upcoming pages ahead of your cursor. Readers can connect local speech engines such as Kokoro, KittenTTS, and Orpheus or cloud voice providers, select language-aware voices for multilingual books, adjust playback speed, and switch among thirteen light and dark reading themes. Cached audio segments persist across seeks and browser reloads, allowing the background worker to assemble complete M4B or MP3 audiobooks for offline listening on mobile devices while syncing reading progress, queues, and library imports across sessions. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

BookLore centralizes personal electronic book, audiobook, and comic collections into an organized private media server equipped with automated metadata scrapers and e-reader synchronization. Users can drop EPUB, PDF, CBZ, and MOBI files into a watched BookDrop directory to trigger automated format parsing, background cover retrieval, and staged queue imports. Integrated metadata scrapers query Google Books, Open Library, Goodreads, and Amazon to automatically fill synopsis summaries, author records, publishing dates, and review scores. Dynamic Magic Shelves categorize volumes through custom rule-based filters, author collections, and full-text search indexes across your complete literature catalog. The browser-based reader renders documents with adjustable typography, night modes, audio playback controls, text annotations, and persistent bookmarking. Hardware e-readers and mobile devices connect through native Kobo Store emulation APIs, bidirectional KOReader progress synchronization, and OPDS catalog feeds. Multi-tenant permissions provide each household member with private reading statistics, personalized shelves, email book delivery, and direct send-to-Kindle dispatch. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GNU AGPLv3 licensed.

Every time a commercial book-tracking platform changes its terms or shuts down, years of reading notes and carefully curated wishlists risk getting lost in messy spreadsheet migrations; Jelu puts your entire reading life under your own control as a self-hosted personal Goodreads alternative. Readers log books as currently reading, finished, or dropped, track page progress and dated reading events, and organize titles across unlimited custom shelves using flexible tags. Adding new books takes seconds through mobile camera ISBN barcode scanning, EPUB and OPF metadata extraction, or automated online searches that query Calibre metadata plugins and fallback book providers for covers, summaries, and publisher identifiers. Migrating existing libraries is effortless with bulk imports for Goodreads CSV exports and plain-text ISBN lists alongside one-click CSV data exports. Author pages automatically pull biographies from Wikipedia and include a deduplication tool to merge duplicate author records created during bulk imports. Household and book-club members can sign in via local accounts, LDAP, or reverse-proxy authentication to share book ratings, write public or instance-wide reviews, inspect yearly and monthly reading statistics, and generate HTML or Markdown embed snippets for personal blogs and digital journals. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

For avid readers who want to catalog their home bookshelves and track annual reading progress without handing personal habits to commercial social networks, BookLogr delivers a self-hosted personal library and reading tracker that replaces Goodreads and The StoryGraph. Searching by title, ISBN-10, or ISBN-13 pulls book covers, author names, page counts, and descriptions directly from OpenLibrary, while manual entry and user-defined custom fields let you record text, numbers, dates, selections, or boolean attributes for rare and indie editions. Configurable library tabs organize titles across Reading, To Be Read, Already Read, Did Not Finish, and All views with instant author filtering. As you read, you can update your current page number or completion percentage, log start and finish dates across multiple re-reads, and rate completed books on a granular 0.5 to 5.0 star scale. Readers can capture page-linked notes and favorite quotes, keeping reflections private or publishing them to a dedicated Notes and Quotes feed on a shareable public profile. Automated Mastodon integration posts reading milestones to the fediverse, while OpenID Connect single sign-on and single-user mode adapt the workspace for households or solo collectors. Built-in Goodreads CSV import and one-click exports to CSV, JSON, and HTML guarantee complete data portability. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

Radarr, Sonarr, and their sibling apps watch RSS feeds for new releases but never go back for what your library is still missing, and Houndarr fills that gap by asking them to search in small, polite batches. It reads the wanted lists of every connected Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr, and Whisparr instance and sends a few search commands per cycle, so a big backlog drains over days instead of arriving as one Search All Missing burst. Each instance has its own batch size, sleep interval, hourly cap, per-item cooldown, and post-release grace period, plus an optional download-queue limit, allowed search windows such as 09:00-23:00, and tag filters that include or exclude items. Three independent passes run per instance: missing items, cutoff-unmet items below your quality profile, and upgrades for files that already meet cutoff, with the last two off until you enable them. Sonarr, Lidarr, and Readarr can search by season, artist, or author, and search order is random or oldest-first. The dashboard shows library health, recent hunts, hourly budgets, and a cooldown schedule per instance, with Run Now buttons for on-demand cycles. The Logs page records every search and skip with its reason in a filterable audit trail that copies as TSV. A key-gated widget endpoint feeds Homepage dashboards, and built-in login or reverse-proxy authentication protects the interface. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Configure each indexer once, not five times: Prowlarr is the indexer hub of the *arr stack, removing the most tedious duplication in a media automation setup. Instead of configuring the same torrent trackers and Usenet indexers separately in Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Readarr, and Mylar3, you add each one once in Prowlarr and it syncs them to every connected app automatically, complete with category mappings; with Full Sync enabled, adding or removing an indexer propagates everywhere, and a tracker URL change is a one-place fix. Coverage is the deepest available: 500+ torrent trackers with definitions added constantly, 24 native Usenet indexers, generic Newznab and Torznab support for anything else, and custom Cardigann YML definitions with JSON and XML parsing for obscure sources. Built on the same .NET/React base as its siblings, it also earns a place as a search tool in its own right: unified manual search queries every indexer simultaneously at a category level, and you can push multiple releases straight to your download clients without touching Sonarr or Radarr. Health checks and status notifications flag failing indexers, per-indexer statistics track success rates and response times so you can cull unreliable sources, and per-indexer proxy support (SOCKS4/5, HTTP, FlareSolverr) handles trackers behind Cloudflare.