I’ve got readarr up and running, now I need a front end. What do y’all prefer and why?

  • sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      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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        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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          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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            I just set up audiobookshelf yesterday for audiobooks and podcasts. I tried out the e-reader, and it’s not good enough for real use. It doesn’t save your page, and it’s super barebones.

            As an audiobook server/app it’s fabulous, so I’ll be sticking with it for sure. For podcasts, it’s pretty great, too, but missing a few features like badges for unplayed episodes, and an “up next” queue/playlist that gets auto populated. I switched to it from pocketcasts and the downsides are things I can live with, but I’m excited for when those features are added.

            For an e-reader, I’m going to set up Calibre and Calibre-web, while keeping an eye on Readarr development.

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              1 year ago

              I use Calibre-web for e-books also.

              For general ‘non-book’ type documents, I’ve also set up a Paperless-NGX instance. It’s working fairly well, but I’m still in the learning curve phase of getting it set up exactly how I want it.