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Best API E-books & Media Library for self-hosting

The 18 best API e-books & media library you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

Kavita

E-books & Media Library

Fast self-hosted digital library for all reading

Replaces Kindle, ComiXology

★ 11.7k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Open Library

E-books & Media Library

Open, editable catalog and library platform for books

Replaces Goodreads

★ 6.7k Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Komga

E-books & Media Library

Media server for comics, manga and e-books

Replaces ComiXology, Kindle

★ 6.7k Easy setup MIT

Librum

E-books & Media Library

Modern e-book reader with self-hostable sync

Replaces Kindle, Goodreads

★ 5.3k Medium setup GPL-3.0

BookWyrm

E-books & Media Library

Federated social reading and book review platform

Replaces Goodreads, StoryGraph

★ 2.8k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Stump

E-books & Media Library

Fast, low-resource comic and ebook media server

Replaces Kindle, ComiXology

★ 2.7k Easy setup MIT

Storyteller

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted server that syncs ebooks with audiobooks

Replaces Audible, Kindle

★ 1.5k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

LazyLibrarian

E-books & Media Library

Automated ebook and audiobook collection manager

Replaces Audible, Kindle

★ 1.5k Medium setup GPL-3.0

Mylar3

E-books & Media Library

Automated comic book downloader and library manager

Replaces ComiXology

★ 1.5k Medium setup GPL-3.0

BookLore

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted web app for organizing and reading ebooks and PDFs

Replaces Kindle, Goodreads

★ 1.2k Easy setup GPL-3.0

ComicTagger

E-books & Media Library

Cross-platform metadata editor for comic archives

Replaces ComiXology

★ 833 Easy setup Apache-2.0

Komf

E-books & Media Library

Metadata fetcher for Komga and Kavita libraries

Replaces Goodreads

★ 711 Easy setup MIT

Tranga

E-books & Media Library

Automated manga downloader for Komga and Kavita

Replaces ComiXology

★ 389 Easy setup GPL-3.0

EpubPress

E-books & Media Library

Convert web articles into self-hosted ebooks

Replaces Pocket, Instapaper

★ 337 Medium setup MIT

Booksonic-Air

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted audiobook streaming server with Subsonic API

Replaces Audible

★ 222 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Bragibooks

E-books & Media Library

Web app that organizes and tags audiobook files via Audible metadata

★ 217 Easy setup MIT

Manga-Tagger

E-books & Media Library

Automated metadata tagging tool for manga archives

Replaces ComiXology

★ 191 Medium setup MIT

MangAdventure

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted manga reader and online manga catalog

Replaces Commercial manga sites

★ 64 Medium setup MIT

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged API within the e-books & media library category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.