Easiest E-books & Media Library to Self-Host (2026)

Suwayomi

E-books & Media Library

An open-source manga reader server with bundled Web UI

★ 557 Easy setup free

KO

Koodo Reader

E-books & Media Library

Cross-platform ebook reader with annotations and sync

Replaces Calibre, Apple Books

★ 28.3k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

Calibre

E-books & Media Library

Powerful ebook library manager with a built-in server

Replaces Kindle, Apple Books

★ 26k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Calibre-Web

E-books & Media Library

Web app to browse and read your Calibre library

Replaces Kindle, Goodreads

★ 18.2k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Kavita

E-books & Media Library

Fast self-hosted digital library for all reading

Replaces Kindle, ComiXology

★ 11.7k 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

Papra

E-books & Media Library

Minimalistic self-hosted document archiving platform

Replaces Evernote, Dropbox

★ 5.5k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

CA

Calibre-Web Automated Book Downloader

E-books & Media Library

Web tool to search and download ebooks into your library

Replaces Kindle Store

★ 3.9k Easy setup GPL-3.0

LA

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

★ 2.7k Easy setup MIT

CA

Calibre-Web Automated

E-books & Media Library

Calibre-Web with automatic ingest and conversion

Replaces Kindle

★ 6.3k Easy setup GPL-3.0

BookLore

E-books & Media Library

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

Replaces Kindle, Goodreads

★ 1.2k Easy setup GPL-3.0

KO

Komf

E-books & Media Library

Metadata fetcher for Komga and Kavita libraries

Replaces Goodreads

★ 713 Easy setup MIT

KO

kobodl

E-books & Media Library

Download and de-DRM books from your Kobo account

Replaces Kobo

★ 640 Easy setup MIT

CO

COPS

E-books & Media Library

Calibre OPDS and HTML PHP server

Replaces Kindle

★ 134 Easy setup GPL-2.0

DI

dir2opds

E-books & Media Library

Minimal OPDS server for personal ebook collections

Replaces Calibre Content Server

★ 118 Easy setup MIT

FO

Foliate

E-books & Media Library

Ebook reader for the Linux desktop built with GTK

Replaces Kindle

★ 8.8k Easy setup GPL-3.0

TT

ttu Ebook Reader

E-books & Media Library

Browser-based ebook reader with progress tracking

Replaces Kindle

★ 1k Easy setup MIT

TR

Tranga

E-books & Media Library

Automated manga downloader for Komga and Kavita

Replaces ComiXology

★ 389 Easy setup GPL-3.0

EP

epub.js

E-books & Media Library

JavaScript library for rendering EPUB books in the browser

★ 7k Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

BR

Bragibooks

E-books & Media Library

Web app that organizes and tags audiobook files via Audible metadata

★ 217 Easy setup MIT

KE

kepubify

E-books & Media Library

Fast EPUB to Kobo KEPUB converter in a single binary

★ 892 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

FR

Free Programming Books

E-books & Media Library

Curated catalog of free programming ebooks and resources

Replaces Paid technical book subscriptions

★ 397.5k Easy setup CC-BY-4.0

Ladder

E-books & Media Library

Bypass paywalls as 12ft.io does

Replaces 12ft, 13ft

★ 9.1k Easy setup GPL-3.0-only

SI

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

★ 6.2k Easy setup GPL-3.0

PD

PDF Arranger

E-books & Media Library

Desktop tool to merge, split, and rearrange PDF pages

Replaces Adobe Acrobat, PDFsam

★ 5.9k Easy setup GPL-3.0

13

13ft

E-books & Media Library

Bypass paywall by acting as GoogleBot

Replaces 12ft

★ 4.3k Easy setup MIT

TH

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

CO

ComicTagger

E-books & Media Library

Cross-platform metadata editor for comic archives

Replaces ComiXology

★ 835 Easy setup Apache-2.0

KT

Kthoom

E-books & Media Library

In-browser comic book and archive reader

Replaces ComiXology

★ 150 Easy setup MIT

MA

mangadex-downloader

E-books & Media Library

Command-line downloader for MangaDex manga

Replaces Manual downloads

★ 920 Easy setup MIT

KO

KOHighlights

E-books & Media Library

Viewer and exporter for KOReader book highlights

Replaces Kindle Notebook export

★ 265 Easy setup MIT

RE

Readflow

E-books & Media Library

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

★ 23 Easy setup MPL-2.0

PE

Petrolette

E-books & Media Library

The news reader that doesn't know you

Replaces Netvibes

Easy setup AGPL-3.0-only