Easiest E-books & Media Library to self-host

36 e-books & media library apps that are easy to get running, ranked by verified deploy effort, project health, and popularity. 1 have a verified ≈5-minute Docker setup.

Suwayomi

E-books & Media Library

An open-source manga reader server with bundled Web UI

★ 566 Easy setup free

Koodo Reader

E-books & Media Library

Cross-platform ebook reader with annotations and sync

Replaces Calibre, Apple Books

★ 28.5k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

Calibre

E-books & Media Library

Powerful ebook library manager with a built-in server

Replaces Kindle, Apple Books

★ 26.1k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Calibre-Web

E-books & Media Library

Web app to browse and read your Calibre library

Replaces Kindle, Goodreads

★ 18.4k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Kavita

E-books & Media Library

Fast self-hosted digital library for all reading

Replaces Kindle, ComiXology

★ 11.8k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Komga

E-books & Media Library

Media server for comics, manga and e-books

Replaces ComiXology, Kindle

★ 6.7k Easy setup MIT

Calibre-Web Automated

E-books & Media Library

Calibre-Web with automatic ingest and conversion

Replaces Kindle

★ 6.4k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Papra

E-books & Media Library

Minimalistic self-hosted document archiving platform

Replaces Evernote, Dropbox

★ 5.6k 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

★ 4k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Stump

E-books & Media Library

Fast, low-resource comic and ebook media server

Replaces Kindle, ComiXology

★ 2.7k Easy setup MIT

LANraragi

E-books & Media Library

Self-hosted archival manga and comic reader

Replaces ComiXology

★ 3.1k Easy setup MIT

BookLore

E-books & Media Library

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

Replaces Kindle, Goodreads

★ 1.3k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Komf

E-books & Media Library

Metadata fetcher for Komga and Kavita libraries

Replaces Goodreads

★ 724 Easy setup MIT

kobodl

E-books & Media Library

Download and de-DRM books from your Kobo account

Replaces Kobo

★ 652 Easy setup MIT

COPS

E-books & Media Library

Calibre OPDS and HTML PHP server

Replaces Kindle

★ 135 Easy setup GPL-2.0

dir2opds

E-books & Media Library

Minimal OPDS server for personal ebook collections

Replaces Calibre Content Server

★ 120 Easy setup MIT

ttu Ebook Reader

E-books & Media Library

Browser-based ebook reader with progress tracking

Replaces Kindle

★ 1k Easy setup MIT

Foliate

E-books & Media Library

Ebook reader for the Linux desktop built with GTK

Replaces Kindle

★ 8.8k Easy setup GPL-3.0

epub.js

E-books & Media Library

JavaScript library for rendering EPUB books in the browser

★ 7k Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

Tranga

E-books & Media Library

Automated manga downloader for Komga and Kavita

Replaces ComiXology

★ 394 Easy setup GPL-3.0

Bragibooks

E-books & Media Library

Web app that organizes and tags audiobook files via Audible metadata

★ 216 Easy setup MIT

kepubify

E-books & Media Library

Fast EPUB to Kobo KEPUB converter in a single binary

★ 896 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

Free Programming Books

E-books & Media Library

Curated catalog of free programming ebooks and resources

Replaces Paid technical book subscriptions

★ 399k Easy setup CC-BY-4.0

Sigil

E-books & Media Library

Multi-platform EPUB ebook editor

Replaces Adobe InDesign EPUB export

★ 7k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Libation

E-books & Media Library

Audiobook library manager and Audible backup tool

Replaces Audible app

★ 6.3k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Ladder

E-books & Media Library

Bypass paywalls as 12ft.io does

Replaces 12ft, 13ft

★ 9.2k Easy setup GPL-3.0-only

PDF Arranger

E-books & Media Library

Desktop tool to merge, split, and rearrange PDF pages

Replaces Adobe Acrobat, PDFsam

★ 6k Easy setup GPL-3.0

13ft

E-books & Media Library

Bypass paywall by acting as GoogleBot

Replaces 12ft

★ 4.3k Easy setup MIT

Thorium Reader

E-books & Media Library

Open-source EPUB and audiobook reader for desktops

Replaces Adobe Digital Editions, Apple Books

★ 2.9k Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

ComicTagger

E-books & Media Library

Cross-platform metadata editor for comic archives

Replaces ComiXology

★ 839 Easy setup Apache-2.0

mangadex-downloader

E-books & Media Library

Command-line downloader for MangaDex manga

Replaces Manual downloads

★ 928 Easy setup MIT

Kthoom

E-books & Media Library

In-browser comic book and archive reader

Replaces ComiXology

★ 151 Easy setup MIT

KOHighlights

E-books & Media Library

Viewer and exporter for KOReader book highlights

Replaces Kindle Notebook export

★ 266 Easy setup MIT

Readflow

E-books & Media Library

Track your Kobo reads on Anilist.co and Hardcover.app using

★ 23 Easy setup MPL-2.0

Petrolette

E-books & Media Library

The news reader that doesn't know you

Replaces Netvibes

Easy setup AGPL-3.0-only

The shortlist at a glance

App	Deploy effort	Difficulty	Min. RAM	License	★ Stars
Suwayomi	≈5-minute setup	Easy	512 MB	free	566
Koodo Reader	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	256 MB	AGPL-3.0	28,496
Calibre	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	512 MB	GPL-3.0	26,142
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
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
Papra	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	512 MB	AGPL-3.0	5,559
Calibre-Web Automated Book Downloader	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	256 MB	GPL-3.0	4,013
Stump	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	256 MB	MIT	2,745

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