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Readarr is a self-hosted manager for organizing and automating ebook and audiobook libraries. It integrates with download clients and metadata providers, but the project is no longer actively maintained.

Developer: Readarr Team Price: Free, open source 🎯 readarr.com

🔓 Open Source self-hosted media automation ebook management audiobook management

Top 6 Readarr alternatives

LazyLibrarian

LazyLibrarian contributors

💡 Pick it for the closest maintained replacement to Readarr's ebook and audiobook automation.

LazyLibrarian is a self-hosted automation tool for finding, downloading, and organizing ebooks and audiobooks. It is the closest maintained replacement for Readarr...

Pros

Closest feature match to Readarr for automated book acquisition
Supports ebooks, audiobooks, authors, and series
Works with multiple download clients and indexers

Cons

Interface is less polished than Kavita or Calibre-Web
Configuration is more manual than commercial ebook services
Metadata quality depends on configured providers

Free, open source

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calibre

💡 Pick it for powerful local ebook organization, conversion, and metadata editing without acquisition automation.

Calibre is a free and open-source e-book management tool that allows users to organize, edit, and read e-books in various formats.

Free

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Kavita

Kareadita

💡 Pick it when polished web reading and multi-user library access matter more than automated downloading.

Kavita is a self-hosted digital library server for ebooks, comics, manga, and magazines. It is designed for households and media enthusiasts who...

Pros

Much stronger support for comics, manga, and magazines than COPS
Modern web reader with user profiles and progress tracking
Handles multiple libraries and formats in one application

Cons

Requires more memory and administration than COPS
OPDS workflows are less central than in COPS
Can be excessive for a single Calibre ebook collection

Free, open source

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Audiobookshelf

Audiobookshelf contributors

💡 Pick it for a polished self-hosted audiobook server with synced playback and mobile clients.

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted server for streaming and managing audiobooks and podcasts. It provides rich audiobook metadata, user profiles, playback synchronization, downloads,...