Calibre-Web Automated (formerly Calibre-Web Automator)

Making Calibre-Web your dream, all-in-one self-hosted digital library solution.

Supporting the Project ❤️

CWA is and always will be free and open source. If it makes your library life easier and you're able to support development, contributions go directly to:

• Testing hardware (ereader devices & tablets ect.)
• Development tools and infrastructure
• Coffee ☕ (lots of coffee)

Quick Access

• Features 🪄
• Releases 🆕
• Roadmap 🛣️
• How to Install: 📖
  • Quick Install 🚀
  • Docker-Compose 🐋⭐(Recommended)
  • Users Migrating from stock Calibre Web 🔄
  • Post-Install Tasks 🏁
    • Default Login Credentials 🔑
• Usage 🔧
  • Adding Books to Your Library
  • KOReader Syncing (KOSync) 📖⚡
  • OAuth Authentication Setup 🔐
• For Developers 🚀
• Further Development 🏗️

Why does it exist? 🔓

Calibre, while a fantastic tool for its age, has several problems when containerised, including its reliance on a KasmVNC server instance for the UI, which is near impossible to use on mobile and is relatively resource-heavy if you're running a small, lower power server like I am.

For many, Calibre-Web has really swooped in to save the day, offering an alternative to a containerised Calibre instance that's resource-light and with a much more modern UI to boot.

However, when compared to full-fat Calibre, it unfortunately lacks a few core features leading many to run both services in parallel, each serving to fill in where the other lacks, resulting in an often clunky, imperfect solution.

Goal of the Project 🎯

Calibre-Web Automated aims to be an all-in-one solution, combining the modern lightweight web UI from Calibre-Web with the robust, versatile feature set of Calibre, with a slew of extra features and automations thrown in on top.

Affiliated Projects 👬

Shelfmark: Book Downloader

• An intuitive web interface for searching and requesting book downloads, designed to work seamlessly with Calibre-Web-Automated. This project streamlines the process of downloading books and preparing them for integration into your Calibre library

[!IMPORTANT]
CWA does not approve of or support piracy of copyrighted materials and is not responsible for user behaviour

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Calibre-Web Companion

• Built with Flutter and using Material You, Calibre Web Companion is an unofficial companion application for Calibre Web & Calibre Web Automated that allows you to browse your book collection and download books directly on your device, providing a much more modern, mobile-friendly UX than either service can currently provide on its own

Join our Community! ❤️

• I want to say a big thanks 🙏 to all the members of this community that have taken the time to participate in the testing and development of this project and we encourage anyone who would like to to contribute in some way. Anyone of any level is welcome and every little helps!

• For anyone that wish to contribute to this project in some way, please reach out on our Discord Server and see how you can best get involved:
  
  

• Or alternatively make your own companion project, come hang out and or come get help if you're facing issues :)

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