Readest
E-books & Media LibraryCross-platform ebook reader with sync server
Replaces Kindle, Apple Books
Best Docker E-books & Media Library for self-hosting
The 37 best Docker e-books & media library you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Ebook2audiobook
E-books & Media LibraryConvert ebooks into narrated audiobooks locally
Replaces Audible, Speechify
Calibre-Web
E-books & Media LibraryWeb app to browse and read your Calibre library
Replaces Kindle, Goodreads
Kavita
E-books & Media LibraryFast self-hosted digital library for all reading
Replaces Kindle, ComiXology
Suwayomi-Server
E-books & Media LibrarySelf-hosted manga reader and downloader server
Replaces ComiXology
Open Library
E-books & Media LibraryOpen, editable catalog and library platform for books
Replaces Goodreads
Komga
E-books & Media LibraryMedia server for comics, manga and e-books
Replaces ComiXology, Kindle
Calibre-Web Automated
E-books & Media LibraryCalibre-Web with automatic ingest and conversion
Replaces Kindle
pdf2htmlEX
E-books & Media LibraryConverts PDF documents to HTML while preserving layout
Replaces Commercial PDF converters
Papra
E-books & Media LibraryMinimalistic self-hosted document archiving platform
Replaces Evernote, Dropbox
Librum
E-books & Media LibraryModern e-book reader with self-hostable sync
Replaces Kindle, Goodreads
Calibre-Web Automated Book Downloader
E-books & Media LibraryWeb tool to search and download ebooks into your library
Replaces Kindle Store
LANraragi
E-books & Media LibrarySelf-hosted archival manga and comic reader
Replaces ComiXology
BookWyrm
E-books & Media LibraryFederated social reading and book review platform
Replaces Goodreads, StoryGraph
Stump
E-books & Media LibraryFast, low-resource comic and ebook media server
Replaces Kindle, ComiXology
OpenBooks
E-books & Media LibrarySearch and download ebooks from IRC Highway
Replaces Kindle Store
Storyteller
E-books & Media LibrarySelf-hosted server that syncs ebooks with audiobooks
Replaces Audible, Kindle
LazyLibrarian
E-books & Media LibraryAutomated ebook and audiobook collection manager
Replaces Audible, Kindle
Mylar3
E-books & Media LibraryAutomated comic book downloader and library manager
Replaces ComiXology
BookLore
E-books & Media LibrarySelf-hosted web app for organizing and reading ebooks and PDFs
Replaces Kindle, Goodreads
Kapowarr
E-books & Media LibraryBuild and manage a comic book library
Zimit
E-books & Media LibraryCaptures websites into offline-readable ZIM archives
Replaces Pocket, web archiving services
Komf
E-books & Media LibraryMetadata fetcher for Komga and Kavita libraries
Replaces Goodreads
kobodl
E-books & Media LibraryDownload and de-DRM books from your Kobo account
Replaces Kobo
BookLogr
E-books & Media LibraryManage your personal book library with ease
Suwayomi
E-books & Media LibraryAn open-source manga reader server with bundled Web UI
Tranga
E-books & Media LibraryAutomated manga downloader for Komga and Kavita
Replaces ComiXology
EpubPress
E-books & Media LibraryConvert web articles into self-hosted ebooks
Replaces Pocket, Instapaper
Booksonic-Air
E-books & Media LibrarySelf-hosted audiobook streaming server with Subsonic API
Replaces Audible
Bragibooks
E-books & Media LibraryWeb app that organizes and tags audiobook files via Audible metadata
Manga-Tagger
E-books & Media LibraryAutomated metadata tagging tool for manga archives
Replaces ComiXology
Atsumeru
E-books & Media LibraryManga/comic/light novel media server with clients for Windows, Linux,
COPS
E-books & Media LibraryCalibre OPDS and HTML PHP server
Replaces Kindle
dir2opds
E-books & Media LibraryMinimal OPDS server for personal ebook collections
Replaces Calibre Content Server
RERO ILS
E-books & Media LibraryLarge-scale ILS that can be run as a service with consortial features,
MyMangaDB
E-books & Media LibraryManga collection manager with automatic metadata, MyAnimeList import
Inkheart
E-books & Media LibraryLightweight PDF library and reader
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readest | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 25,162 |
| Ebook2audiobook | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 20,347 |
| Calibre-Web | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | GPL-3.0 | 18,382 |
| Kavita | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 11,850 |
| Suwayomi-Server | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MPL-2.0 | 7,870 |
| Open Library | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 4,096 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 6,744 |
| Komga | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | MIT | 6,740 |
| Calibre-Web Automated | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 6,414 |
| pdf2htmlEX | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 5,605 |
| Papra | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 5,559 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Readest (25,162 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: dir2opds (from 64 MB RAM, against 4,096 MB for the heaviest here).
- Fastest to deploy: Suwayomi (one-click platform packages).
- Licensing: 15 of 37 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Docker within the e-books & media library category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.