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

The 25 best Lightweight e-books & media library you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

Free Programming Books

E-books & Media Library

Curated catalog of free programming ebooks and resources

Replaces Paid technical book subscriptions

★ 394k Easy setup CC-BY-4.0

Calibre-Web

E-books & Media Library

Web app to browse and read your Calibre library

Replaces Kindle, Goodreads

★ 17.8k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Kavita

E-books & Media Library

Fast self-hosted digital library for all reading

Replaces Kindle, ComiXology

★ 11.4k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Wikidpad Notes

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted PDF and document library with reading view

Replaces Kindle

★ 8.6k Easy setup GPL-3.0

OPDS-PSE Reader Hub

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted ebook conversion and delivery pipeline

Replaces Kindle

★ 6.9k Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

Sigil

E-books & Media Library

Multi-platform EPUB ebook editor

Replaces Adobe InDesign EPUB export

★ 6.9k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Komga

E-books & Media Library

Media server for comics, manga and e-books

Replaces ComiXology, Kindle

★ 6.5k Easy setup MIT

Papra

E-books & Media Library

Minimalistic self-hosted document archiving platform

Replaces Evernote, Dropbox

★ 5.2k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

Calibre-Web Automated Book Downloader

E-books & Media Library

Web tool to search and download ebooks into your library

Replaces Kindle Store

★ 3.7k Easy setup GPL-3.0

LANraragi

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted archival manga and comic reader

Replaces ComiXology

★ 3.1k Easy setup MIT

Stump

E-books & Media Library

Fast, low-resource comic and ebook media server

Replaces Kindle, ComiXology

★ 2.6k Easy setup MIT

OpenBooks

E-books & Media Library

Search and download ebooks from IRC Highway

Replaces Kindle Store

★ 2.4k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Mango

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted manga server and web reader

Replaces ComiXology

★ 1.8k Easy setup MIT

Plato

E-books & Media Library

Document reader for Kobo e-readers

Replaces Kobo reader app, Kindle

★ 1.7k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

ttu Ebook Reader

E-books & Media Library

Browser-based ebook reader with progress tracking

Replaces Kindle

★ 1k Easy setup MIT

Librivox Mirror

E-books & Media Library

OPDS-driven self-hosted ebook and comic catalog

Replaces Kobo

★ 879 Easy setup MIT

Audiobookshelf-tools

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted e-book and library management server

Replaces Kindle, Goodreads

★ 760 Easy setup GPL-3.0

Komf

E-books & Media Library

Metadata fetcher for Komga and Kavita libraries

Replaces Goodreads

★ 691 Easy setup MIT

kobodl

E-books & Media Library

Download and de-DRM books from your Kobo account

Replaces Kobo

★ 606 Easy setup MIT

KOHighlights

E-books & Media Library

Viewer and exporter for KOReader book highlights

Replaces Kindle Notebook export

★ 262 Easy setup MIT

ProsePub

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast media server

Replaces Audible

★ 215 Easy setup MIT

Manga-Tagger

E-books & Media Library

Automated metadata tagging tool for manga archives

Replaces ComiXology

★ 191 Medium setup MIT

Kthoom

E-books & Media Library

In-browser comic book and archive reader

Replaces ComiXology

★ 150 Easy setup MIT

COPS

E-books & Media Library

Calibre OPDS and HTML PHP server

Replaces Kindle

★ 130 Easy setup GPL-2.0

dir2opds

E-books & Media Library

Minimal OPDS server for personal ebook collections

Replaces Calibre Content Server

★ 110 Easy setup MIT

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