pgaskin / bookbrowser

eBook server supporting ePub, MOBI and PDF books.

BookBrowser

Note: This project is no longer maintained, as I haven't had the time or motivation to continue working on it. BookBrowser will still work as-is (I still use it myself occasionally), but is unlikely to receive any new features or bugfixes.

An easy-to-use tool to generate a web-based ePub and PDF ebook browser. All you need to do is download it into the folder with your ebooks, and run it. There is also a demo.

Features

• Multiple book formats
  • epub
  • pdf
  • mobi (basic support)
• Search
• Advanced Search
  • Search any combination of fields
  • View all information in the results
• List view
• Responsive web interface
• Update notifications
• Browse by:
  • Author
  • Series (from calibre metadata)
• Sorted by:
  • Last added
  • Alphabetically
  • Series
• Web based reader
  • Custom fonts, colors, sizing, spacing
  • Remembers your position
  • Book search
  • And more
• Search
• And more
• Easy-to-use
• Fast
• No extra dependencies

Screenshots

Reader Screenshots

Desktop	Mobile

Advanced Search

System Requirements

The server works on all platforms.

The web interface works on IE 9+, Edge, Firefox 3+, Chrome, Safari 5.1+, Opera 17+, and Android browser 4.4+.

The web-based reader works on IE 10+, Edge, Firefox 28+, Chrome 21+, Safari 9+, Opera 17+, and Android browser 4.4+.

Usage

Usage: BookBrowser [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -a, --addr string      the address to bind the server to ([IP]:PORT) (default ":8090")
  -b, --bookdir string   the directory to load books from (must exist) (default "/home/patrick/src/BookBrowser")
  -h, --help             Show this help text
  -n, --nocovers         do not index covers
  -t, --tempdir string   the directory to store temp files such as cover thumbnails (created on start, deleted on exit unless already exists) (default "/tmp/bookbrowser946254949")
      --version          Show the version