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readme.md

This is an in-progress fork of calibreserver by Raphael Mutschler.

A working Docker image is available here: janeczku/calibre-web.

##About

Calibre Web is a Python web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading e-books from a Calibre e-book database.

screenshot

##Features

  • Bootstrap 3 HTML5 interface
  • User management
  • Admin interface
  • OPDS feed for eBook reader apps
  • Filter and search by titles, authors, tags, series and language
  • Create custom book collection (shelves)
  • Support for editing eBook metadata
  • Support for converting eBooks from EPUB to Kindle format (mobi/azw)
  • Restrict eBook download to logged-in users
  • Send eBooks to Kindle devices with the click of a button
  • Support for reading eBooks directly in the browser

Quick start

  1. Execute the command: python cps.py (it will throw an error)
  2. Edit config.ini and set DB_ROOT to the path of the folder where your Calibre library (metadata.db) lives
  3. If you want to enable public user registration set PUBLIC_REG to 1
  4. Execute the command: python cps.py
  5. Point your browser to http://localhost:8083 or http://localhost:8083/feed for the OPDS catalog

Default admin login:
Username: admin
Password: admin123

Requirements

Python 2.7+

Optionally, to enable on-the-fly conversion from EPUB to MOBI when using the send-to-kindle feature:

  1. Create a vendor folder in the app root
  2. Download Amazon's KindleGen tool for your platform and place the binary named as kindlegen in this folder.