Note: This project is no longer maintained, as I haven't had the time or motivation to continue working on it.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.
- Multiple book formats
- epub
- 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
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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: 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
