About

Calibre-Web is a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database.

This software is a fork of library and licensed under the GPL v3 License.

Features

Bootstrap 3 HTML5 interface
full graphical setup
User management with fine-grained per-user permissions
Admin interface
User Interface in brazilian, czech, dutch, english, finnish, french, german, greek, hungarian, italian, japanese, khmer, polish, russian, simplified chinese, spanish, swedish, turkish, ukrainian
OPDS feed for eBook reader apps
Filter and search by titles, authors, tags, series and language
Create a custom book collection (shelves)
Support for editing eBook metadata and deleting eBooks from Calibre library
Support for converting eBooks through Calibre binaries
Restrict eBook download to logged-in users
Support for public user registration
Send eBooks to Kindle devices with the click of a button
Sync your Kobo devices through Calibre-Web with your Calibre library
Support for reading eBooks directly in the browser (.txt, .epub, .pdf, .cbr, .cbt, .cbz, .djvu)
Upload new books in many formats, including audio formats (.mp3, .m4a, .m4b)
Support for Calibre Custom Columns
Ability to hide content based on categories and Custom Column content per user
Self-update capability
"Magic Link" login to make it easy to log on eReaders
Login via LDAP, google/github oauth and via proxy authentication

Quick start

Install via pip

Install calibre web via pip with the command pip install calibreweb (Depending on your OS and or distro the command could also be pip3).
Optional features can also be installed via pip, please refer to this page for details
Calibre-Web can be started afterwards by typing cps or python3 -m cps

Manual installation

Install dependencies by running pip3 install --target vendor -r requirements.txt (python3.x). Alternativly set up a python virtual environment.
Execute the command: python3 cps.py (or nohup python3 cps.py - recommended if you want to exit the terminal window)

Point your browser to http://localhost:8083 or http://localhost:8083/opds for the OPDS catalog Set Location of Calibre database to the path of the folder where your Calibre library (metadata.db) lives, push "submit" button
Optionally a Google Drive can be used to host the calibre library -> Using Google Drive integration Go to Login page

Default admin login:
Username: admin
Password: admin123

Issues with Ubuntu: Please note that running the above install command can fail on some versions of Ubuntu, saying "can't combine user with prefix". This is a known bug and can be remedied by using the command pip install --system --target vendor -r requirements.txt instead.

Requirements

python 3.x+

Optionally, to enable on-the-fly conversion from one ebook format to another when using the send-to-kindle feature, or during editing of ebooks metadata:

Download and install the Calibre desktop program for your platform and enter the folder including program name (normally /opt/calibre/ebook-convert, or C:\Program Files\calibre\ebook-convert.exe) in the field "calibre's converter tool" on the setup page.

Download Kepubify tool for your platform and place the binary starting with kepubify in Linux: \opt\kepubify Windows: C:\Program Files\kepubify.

Docker Images

Pre-built Docker images are available in these Docker Hub repositories:

Technosoft2000 - x64

Docker Hub - https://hub.docker.com/r/technosoft2000/calibre-web
Github - https://github.com/Technosoft2000/docker-calibre-web

Includes the Calibre ebook-convert binary.
- The "path to convertertool" should be set to /opt/calibre/ebook-convert

LinuxServer - x64, armhf, aarch64

Docker Hub - https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/calibre-web
Github - https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-calibre-web
Github - (Optional Calibre layer) - https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-calibre-web/tree/calibre

This image has the option to pull in an extra docker manifest layer to include the Calibre ebook-convert binary. Just include the environmental variable DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/calibre-web:calibre in your docker run/docker compose file. (x64 only)

If you do not need this functionality then this can be omitted, keeping the image as lightweight as possible.

Both the Calibre-Web and Calibre-Mod images are rebuilt automatically on new releases of Calibre-Web and Calibre respectively, and on updates to any included base image packages on a weekly basis if required.
- The "path to convertertool" should be set to /usr/bin/ebook-convert
- The "path to unrar" should be set to /usr/bin/unrar

Contact

Just reach us out on Discord

For further information, How To's and FAQ please check the Wiki

Contributing to Calibre-Web

Please have a look at our Contributing Guidelines

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