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Self Hosted ebook server? (kbin.social)
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I've got readarr up and running, now I need a front end. What do y'all prefer and why?

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[–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

If you're just looking for ebooks Calibre/Calibre-Web will do the job. I wanted a good audiobook player too so I went with Audiobookshelf as it does that and a few other things. You could also go with Jellyfin as I've read it can do epub, but I have no experience with it.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    I highly recommend AudioBookShelf . It's mostly geared towards audiobooks/podcasts, but it has a decent reader built into it. That being said, it's not without it's flaws, like some document file types aren't recognized, and not properly syncing progress occasionally.

    Edit: I should mention it's actively being developed, devs are active on discord & GitHub, and it's getting better all the time.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    AudioBookShelf is awesome for audiobooks. I can't speak to its capability as an eReader but I thought I'd throw that out there for anyone wanting a second opinion. I use it daily and the Android app is great too. My go-to audiobook server for life if it stays just like it is right now.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Same here, I've been using audiobookshelf for a few months now and it's outstanding.

    Earlier today, I set up caddy as a front end SSL proxy for it, and I think it performs even faster now.

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