koreader-sync-server VS ebook-converter

I googled it and it seems that koreader has a selfhostable server that can be used to sync reading positions across devices

https://github.com/koreader/koreader-sync-server

I used koreader years ago. I'll give it a try again. If I like it I'll download the server and check if I can make it work.

You need a koreader-sync-server. I think the default public server works, but you can also host your own.

I recently discovered the Koreader app. I also found the koreader-sync-server https://github.com/koreader/koreader-sync-server, but it has not been updated for a very long time. I am just wondering if it is safe to use this container behind the nginx-proxy-manager?

RE:device syncing, that is correct! KOReader does sync progress across devices. You can even self-host the sync server (GitHub).

Its syncing functionality sends hashes to the sync server instead of filenames so it's better from a privacy perspective. You can also set up your own sync server if you wish.

It may perhaps be possible if you install koreader on your kobo https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2019/02/16/easily-install-koreader-and-plato-on-your-kobo-ereader-with-one-click/ and set up https://github.com/koreader/koreader-sync-server so it would take some effort. You would of course need to use koreader on your phone as well which you can get from f-droid https://f-droid.org/

There was a time, when I was so fed up of the Calibre being so bloated, while all I needed was just a convert capabilities, that I started to rip off parts of the Calibre, clean it up, make things simpler, removing unnecessary things and trying to understand what is happening behind the conversion, resulting with ebook-converter[1], which simply do the conversion, without all the management/downloading rss/editing/what have you. It is usable right now, but I'd say it's still somewhere in between alpha and beta stage. You could give it a shot.

[1] https://github.com/gryf/ebook-converter