Grimmory – self-hosted digital library

Grimmory is a self-hosted digital library for managing ebooks, documents, comics, and audiobooks.

It provides a browser-based interface for organising a personal reading collection, enriching items with metadata, reading supported formats, tracking progress, and sharing books with users or devices.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Creates custom and dynamic shelves with rule-based filtering, tagging, and full-text search.
• Looks up covers, descriptions, reviews, and ratings from external metadata sources.
• Includes a built-in browser reader for PDFs, EPUBs, and comics with annotations, highlights, and progress tracking.
• Supports Kobo, OPDS-compatible apps, and KOReader progress synchronisation.
• Offers multi-user libraries with separate shelves, progress, and preferences.

Website: github.com/grimmory-tools/grimmory
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Developer: grimmory-tools
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

Grimmory is written in Java and TypeScript. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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