Calibre-Web vs Paperless-ngx
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted e-books & media library options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Calibre-Web with
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Compare Paperless-ngx with
choose an app… Free Programming Books AppFlowy Joplin Jellyfin SiYuan qBittorrent Trilium Notes Khoj SRS KOReader Koodo Reader Calibre Notable Readest Navidrome Kodi Obsidian Ebook2audiobook Koel Jackett Beets DeDRM Tools PeerTube Transmission Sonarr Notesnook MeTube VNote Kavita Laverna Ladder Wikidpad Notes Reor nb Notes Suwayomi-Server OPDS-PSE Reader Hub Sigil Open Library Komga Calibre-Web Automated Libation Markor Sync QOwnNotes PDF Arranger pdf2htmlEX Librum TagSpaces Papra 13ft Mindforger Web CherryTree Calibre-Web Automated Book Downloader Readarr Archivy Flatnotes LANraragi Dnote Thorium Reader BookWyrm Stump Teedy OpenBooks Docspell Mango Plato Standard Ebooks Tools Whisparr Audiobook Storyteller Mylar3 Kapowarr ttu Ebook Reader mangadex-downloader Librivox Mirror Zimit ComicTagger Audiobookshelf-tools Komf kobodl BookLogr Koha Suwayomi manga-py Papermerge Upvote RSS Buchhaltung Books BicBucStriim Tranga Tinyfeed EpubPress KOHighlights PDFKeeper Booksonic-Air ProsePub Manga-Tagger Atsumeru Evergreen Kthoom COPS dir2opds RERO ILS MangAdventure MyMangaDB Readflow Inkheart Petrolette Ubooquity Vore
Feature Calibre-Web Paperless-ngx Category E-books & Media Library E-books & Media Library License GPL-3.0 GPL-3.0 Language HTML Python Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 256 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 17,830 ★ 44,077 First released 2017 2022 Replaces Kindle, Goodreads Evernote, DEVONthink
Why pick each one
Choose Calibre-Web if… Great companion to Calibre Multi-user access Lightweight Calibre-Web details
Frequently asked questions Is Calibre-Web or Paperless-ngx better? Neither is universally better. Paperless-ngx has the larger community, while Calibre-Web is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Calibre-Web and Paperless-ngx free and open-source? Yes. Calibre-Web is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Paperless-ngx under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Calibre-Web and Paperless-ngx with Docker? Calibre-Web: yes. Paperless-ngx: yes.