Best Offline-First E-books & Media Library for self-hosting

Curated catalog of free programming ebooks and resources

Replaces Paid technical book subscriptions

Document and ebook reader for e-ink and mobile devices

Replaces Kindle, Pocketbook reader

Cross-platform ebook reader with annotations and sync

Replaces Calibre, Apple Books

Cross-platform ebook reader with sync server

Replaces Kindle, Apple Books

Convert ebooks into narrated audiobooks locally

Replaces Audible, Speechify

Calibre plugin suite for removing DRM from purchased ebooks

Replaces Adobe Digital Editions

Self-hosted PDF and document library with reading view

Replaces Kindle

Self-hosted ebook conversion and delivery pipeline

Replaces Kindle

Multi-platform EPUB ebook editor

Replaces Adobe InDesign EPUB export

Audiobook library manager and Audible backup tool

Replaces Audible app

Desktop tool to merge, split, and rearrange PDF pages

Replaces Adobe Acrobat, PDFsam

Converts PDF documents to HTML while preserving layout

Replaces Commercial PDF converters

Open-source EPUB and audiobook reader for desktops

Replaces Adobe Digital Editions, Apple Books

Document reader for Kobo e-readers

Replaces Kobo reader app, Kindle

Toolset for producing and validating high-quality EPUBs

Replaces Commercial ebook production tools

Browser-based ebook reader with progress tracking

Replaces Kindle

Command-line downloader for MangaDex manga

Replaces Manual downloads

Captures websites into offline-readable ZIM archives

Replaces Pocket, web archiving services

Command-line manga downloader for many sources

Replaces Manual downloads

Convert web articles into self-hosted ebooks

Replaces Pocket, Instapaper

Viewer and exporter for KOReader book highlights

Replaces Kindle Notebook export

In-browser comic book and archive reader

Replaces ComiXology