Homebranch is a self-hosted e-book management platform for organizing, searching, and reading a personal ebook collection across devices.
It provides the backend API, built with NestJS and TypeScript, supporting book metadata, library scanning, OPDS access, user management, and reading progress synchronization.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Manages EPUB and PDF uploads, with support for multiple linked formats per book.
- Enriches book metadata from Open Library, with optional Google Books support.
- Provides bookshelves, favourites, currently reading lists, pagination, and library search.
- Synchronizes reading position across devices.
- Exposes OPDS 1.2 and OPDS 2.0 catalogs for compatible ebook readers.
Website: github.com/Oghamark/homebranch
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Developer: Oghamark
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Homebranch is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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