Calibre-Web

Calibre-Web is a web app that offers a clean and intuitive interface for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks using a valid Calibre database.

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

Features

Modern and responsive Bootstrap 3 HTML5 interface
Full graphical setup
Comprehensive user management with fine-grained per-user permissions
Admin interface
Multilingual user interface supporting 20+ languages
OPDS feed for eBook reader apps
Advanced search and filtering options
Custom book collection (shelves) creation
eBook metadata editing and deletion support
Metadata download from various sources (extensible via plugins)
eBook conversion through Calibre binaries
eBook download restriction to logged-in users
Public user registration support
Send eBooks to E-Readers with a single click
Sync Kobo devices with your Calibre library
In-browser eBook reading support for multiple formats
Upload new books in various formats, including audio formats
Calibre Custom Columns support
Content hiding based on categories and Custom Column content per user
Self-update capability
"Magic Link" login for easy access on eReaders
LDAP, Google/GitHub OAuth, and proxy authentication support

Installation

Installation via pip (recommended)

Create a virtual environment for Calibre-Web to avoid conflicts with existing Python dependencies
Install Calibre-Web via pip: pip install calibreweb (or pip3 depending on your OS/distro)
Install optional features via pip as needed, see this page for details
Start Calibre-Web by typing cps

Note: Raspberry Pi OS users may encounter issues during installation. If so, please update pip (./venv/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip) and/or install cargo (sudo apt install cargo) before retrying the installation.

Refer to the Wiki for additional installation examples: manual installation, Linux Mint, Cloud Provider.

Quick Start

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8083 or http://localhost:8083/opds for the OPDS catalog
Log in with the default admin credentials
If you don't have a Calibre database, you can use this database (move it out of the Calibre-Web folder to prevent overwriting during updates)
Set Location of Calibre database to the path of the folder containing your Calibre library (metadata.db) and click "Submit"
Optionally, use Google Drive to host your Calibre library by following the Google Drive integration guide
Configure your Calibre-Web instance via the admin page, referring to the Basic Configuration and UI Configuration guides

Username: admin
Password: admin123

Requirements

Python 3.5+
Imagemagick for cover extraction from EPUBs (Windows users may need to install Ghostscript for PDF cover extraction)
Optional: Calibre desktop program for on-the-fly conversion and metadata editing (set "calibre's converter tool" path on the setup page)
Optional: Kepubify tool for Kobo device support (place the binary in /opt/kepubify on Linux or C:\Program Files\kepubify on Windows)

Docker Images

Pre-built Docker images are available in the following Docker Hub repositories (maintained by the LinuxServer team):

LinuxServer - x64, armhf, aarch64

Docker Hub
GitHub
GitHub - Optional Calibre layer

Include the environment variable DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/calibre-web:calibre in your Docker run/compose file to add the Calibre ebook-convert binary (x64 only). Omit this variable for a lightweight image.

Both the Calibre-Web and Calibre-Mod images are automatically rebuilt on new releases and updates.
- Set "path to convertertool" to /usr/bin/ebook-convert
- Set "path to unrar" to /usr/bin/unrar

Contact

Join us on Discord

For more information, How To's, and FAQs, please visit the Wiki

Contributing to Calibre-Web

Check out our Contributing Guidelines

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