15kActiveWindows · Mac · Linux · AndroidGPL-3.0Runs on your own server
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted server for streaming your own audiobooks and podcasts. It is for people who want to run their own library and listen in a browser or on their phone.
Runs on your own server · GitHub · Your own audiobooks
31kActiveMac · Linux · AndroidAGPL-3.0Replaces partlyApp
KOReader is a free document reader for e-ink e-readers, Android devices and Linux computers that opens e-books, PDFs and comics. It is for people who want a customizable reading app on devices like Kindle, Kobo and PocketBook.
Calibre is a free program for organizing, reading, converting and editing e-books on your computer. It is for anyone who keeps a collection of e-books or uses an e-book reader device.
6.8kActiveIn your browserAGPL-3.0Replaces partlyRuns on your own server
Open Library is a free, editable online catalog of books, aiming for a web page for every book ever published. It is for readers and anyone who wants to look up, add or correct book information.
Not on GitHubActiveIn your browserAGPL-3.0Replaces partlyApp
Inventaire is a free web app for making lists and inventories of your books. It is aimed at people who want to track their own book collections and share them with others.
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Read the list of open-source alternatives at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/books.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
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Here is a list of open-source alternatives to Goodreads, from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0):
- Audiobookshelf (GPL-3.0, https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf; replaces fully): Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted server for streaming your own audiobooks and podcasts. It is for people who want to run their own library and listen in a browser or on their phone.
- KOReader (AGPL-3.0, https://github.com/koreader/koreader; replaces partly): KOReader is a free document reader for e-ink e-readers, Android devices and Linux computers that opens e-books, PDFs and comics. It is for people who want a customizable reading app on devices like Kindle, Kobo and PocketBook.
- Calibre (GPL-3.0, https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre; replaces partly): Calibre is a free program for organizing, reading, converting and editing e-books on your computer. It is for anyone who keeps a collection of e-books or uses an e-book reader device.
- Open Library (AGPL-3.0, https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary; replaces partly): Open Library is a free, editable online catalog of books, aiming for a web page for every book ever published. It is for readers and anyone who wants to look up, add or correct book information.
- Inventaire (AGPL-3.0, https://codeberg.org/inventaire/inventaire; replaces partly): Inventaire is a free web app for making lists and inventories of your books. It is aimed at people who want to track their own book collections and share them with others.
Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea:
