Open Library

Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.

Getting Started

Please read the Contributing guide thoroughly before contributing. It covers community norms, contribution standards, and how to work respectfully with other contributors.

Then follow the Quick Start to set up your environment and make your first contribution.

For full developer documentation, see docs.openlibrary.org.

To volunteer in non-development roles, visit openlibrary.org/volunteer.

License

All source code published here is available under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.