Calibre Web vs jellyfin-webos

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Calibre Web		jellyfin-webos
	Project
171	Mentions	58
11,548	Stars	595
-	Growth	3.4%
9.0	Activity	5.4
8 days ago	Latest Commit	13 days ago
Python	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Mozilla Public License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Calibre Web

Posts with mentions or reviews of Calibre Web. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-12.

Rakuten Kobo is partnering with iFixit to repair the Kobos
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Apr 2024

You can simply use this website to send yourself books using the web browser on the kobo
https://send.djazz.se/
Or you can host your own "Kobo store" using calibre web and use that to sync your books
https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/wiki/Kobo-Integratio...
Ebooks
3 projects | /r/PleX | 6 Dec 2023

There are already some very good ebooks solutions out there so there's really no need. Calibre for the backend and database management, Calibre-Web for the front end, and Openbooks for content.
Kobo / Calibre-web / ePubs - how nice do they play?
1 project | /r/kobo | 5 Dec 2023

I have a carefully-curated calibre-web library that is 100% epubs. I have a kindle to which I usually send books from calibre-web with the 'send to e-reader' button, and it works great.
Calibre – New in Calibre 7.0
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Nov 2023

Worthy of note the Calibre-Web[0] project, which builds atop Calibre library to provide powerful web interface. The project and its maintainer deserve some love and support.
[0] https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
[Calibre-web] Combine multiple formats of same book
1 project | /r/Calibre | 29 Sep 2023
Alexandria: A minimalistic cross-platform eBook reader
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Aug 2023

Calibre Web: https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
Zotero Better Notes – Knowledge management solution insid}e Zotero
18 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Jun 2023
What program do you use for archiving your e-library?
1 project | /r/Annas_Archive | 24 Jun 2023

Calibre-web
$79 Raspberry Pi Alternative Comes with Built-in Touch Screen
1 project | /r/gadgets | 15 Jun 2023

A pihole, of course. A backup script runner. An eink dashboard.. A book server.
Best E-Ink tablet for self-hosting
3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 10 Jun 2023

Yeah, the documentation is here - https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/wiki/Kobo-Integration

jellyfin-webos

Posts with mentions or reviews of jellyfin-webos. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-30.

Audio tracks mismatched issue of Swiftfin
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 5 Apr 2023
Is jellyfin really so much better than Plex?
12 projects | /r/selfhosted | 30 Mar 2023

Yup. Personally, I've installed it via dev mode, but the in the web browser it's pretty much the same experience. There is a github issue for webos 4 as well here
Problems with Dolby Vision files on LG WebOS client?
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 11 Mar 2023
WebOS 4 Status Check
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 1 Jan 2023

Happy New Years! I had previously been following this Github issue (for a long time) and was very excited when WebOS 5 support was officially launched.
How to adjust CSS Issue on webOS?
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 3 Dec 2022

It is an official client, as appears on their page.
Jellyfin is finally out for WebOS 5
2 projects | /r/jellyfin | 1 Dec 2022

I've been refreshing the Github issue daily for those 2 months. So glad to hear it's out!
Why is there no "play next episode automatically" option in the WebOS app? Please don't be like all the other algorithm worshippers who think their users know worst, I want to disable auto play.
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 16 Nov 2022

Hey OP, check this bug report: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-webos/issues/53
Why I use Jellyfin for my home media library
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 27 Oct 2022

It should be coming for webos 5. It’s currently just held up in the review process for their store. https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-webos/issues/99

9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Oct 2022

I've also been waiting for the Jellyfin app on LG and have been following this issue: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-webos/issues/99
Current status LG QA is testing it and if it passes should be available in the LG Content Store soon after that.
No DD 5.1 audio on direct stream/play of LG TV
3 projects | /r/jellyfin | 27 Sep 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Calibre Web and jellyfin-webos you can also consider the following projects:

Kavita - Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.

PeerTube - ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser

Komga - Media server for comics/mangas/BDs/magazines/eBooks with API and OPDS support

jellyfin-tizen - Jellyfin Samsung TV Client

Readarr - Book Manager and Automation (Sonarr for Ebooks)

jellyfin-kodi - Jellyfin Plugin for Kodi

koodo-reader - A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux and Web

jellyfin-web - Web Client for Jellyfin

BicBucStriim - BicBucStriim streams books, digital books. It fills a gap in the functionality of current NAS devices that provide access to music, videos and photos -- but not books. BicBucStriim fills this gap and provides web-based access to your e-book collection.

s3fs-fuse - FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3

Polar Bookshelf - Polar is a personal knowledge repository for PDF and web content supporting incremental reading and document annotation.

Navidrome Music Server - 🎧☁️ Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic