bookshelf

This is a revival of Readarr. The images published are configured to use working Goodreads or Hardcover metadata out of the box.

Bookshelf is an ebook and audiobook collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new books from your favorite authors and will grab, sort, and rename them. Note that only one type of a given book is supported. If you want both an audiobook and ebook of a given book you will need multiple instances.

Getting Started

The container listens on port 8787 and expects a volume mounted at /config.

docker run -p 8787:8787 -v ~/.config/bookshelf:/config ghcr.io/pennydreadful/bookshelf:hardcover

The softcover tags use Goodreads as the metadata provider. The quality of this metadata is generally poor and contains a lot of slop. However, it is backward-compatible with existing Readarr databases and functionality like Goodreads list imports should continue to work normally.

The hardcover tags use Hardcover as a metadata provider. This metadata is higher quality but isn't backward-compatible; if you're already running Readarr you'll need to redeploy this from scratch. Goodreads list imports haven't been tested and likely don't work.

Support

This project won't use Discord for support. If you have a problem please file an issue or start a discussion.

Contributors & Developers

Help is very welcome. Priority is on fixing quality of life issues

• Monitor series.
• Support ebook and audio files in the same root.

Already done

• Native support for MyAnonaMouse without Prowlarr.
• Hardcover list import.
• Improved matching.
• Metadata is no longer cached locally.
• Removed servarr analytics spyware.
• Supports selfhosted metadata (UI or METADATA_URL env var).

Sponsors

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License

The is a derivative work of the Readarr and Prowlarr projects which are both licensed GPLv3. This project is therefore also licensed under the terms of GPLv3.

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