Open source · In development

LibraryZA book library your community builds together.

LibraryZ is an open-source, self-hosted library for a book club, a lab, a school or a family. Anyone can add a book, everyone reads it in the app, and readers help keep the catalogue right.

Open source onGitHubComing soonGoogle Play

LibraryZ is in development, with no tagged release yet. It’s MIT-licensed, with apps for Android, desktop and the web.

LibraryZ on desktop: the catalogue with a Continue reading card, and a book page with reading status, rating and shelf
The catalogue and a book’s page on desktop, from the real app with demo data.

Who it’s for

Book clubs, labs, schools and families who want one shared shelf, hosted on their own server.

What it helps you do

Add books once, read them in the app on any device, and keep the catalogue accurate together.

Where it stands

Open source and in development. There’s no tagged release yet.

Your next step

Explore the code on GitHub. Google Play is coming soon.

What it helps you do

A shared shelf that gets better the more you read.

Read in the app

PDFs, EPUBs and plain text open right in the app, with two-page spreads on wide screens. Your place syncs across devices.

Find anything

Search by title, author or ISBN, with results as you type.

Keep your own shelves

Mark books Want to read, Reading or Read, rate them, add notes and build your own shelves.

Fix the catalogue together

Readers suggest corrections, and moderators review each one as a word-by-word diff.

Picks that learn

For You recommends books readers with similar taste enjoyed, from a model trained on your server and nowhere else.

Add books safely

Upload PDF, EPUB or plain text up to 500 MB. Every file is checked before it’s stored.

Open source, MIT-licensed

Read the code, run it on your own hardware, or help build it. LibraryZ is developed in the open on GitHub.

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