obooks vs Calibre Web

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obooks		Calibre Web
	Project
2	Mentions	171
103	Stars	11,603
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	9.0
7 months ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
JavaScript	Language	Python
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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.

obooks

Posts with mentions or reviews of obooks. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Trying to get "O'Books" O'Reilly books downloader to work with no luck
1 project | /r/Piracy | 28 Apr 2021

jenni/obooks: O'Books Download books from O'Reilly | Safaribooks (github.com)
Does anyone know how to download O'Reilly books using O'Books?
1 project | /r/Piracy | 11 Apr 2021

Here is the O'Books tool: https://github.com/jenni/obooks

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing obooks and Calibre Web you can also consider the following projects:

humblebundle-ebook-downloader - An easy way to download ebooks from your humblebundle account

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.

safaribooks - Download and generate EPUB of your favorite books from O'Reilly Learning (aka Safari Books Online) library.

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

Readarr - Book Manager and Automation (Sonarr for Ebooks)

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

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.

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

COPS - Calibre OPDS (and HTML) PHP Server : web-based light alternative to Calibre content server / Calibre2OPDS to serve ebooks (epub, mobi, pdf, ...)

docker-calibre

jellyfin-roku - The Official Roku Client for Jellyfin

koreader - An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices