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

  • bootyberrypancakes@lemmywinks.xyz
    13·
    2 years ago

    I use calibre and calibre-web. I have the DeDRM and ACSM plug-ins installed in calibre so I can buy a book from ebooks.com or wherever, drop the acsm file in my auto import folder, then just download the drm stripped epub from calibre-web and import to the Books app on my iPad.

  • m105@kbin.social
    12·
    2 years ago

    At the moment I am trying Kavita reader, but I don’t know maybe there are better ones out there

    • thecdc1995@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      I use Kavita because calibre-web doesn’t have reading progress. It can be a bit weird about what metadata it picks up from scanning your library. I have a lot of problems with books having the wrong metadata until I manually rescan the library.

  • talbot@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 years ago

    Calibre is highly regarded and works well with nearly all e-readers afaik. It has a local server option for browsing, uploading/downloading, and community extensions.

  • otterpop@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    10·
    2 years ago

    For manga, I use Kavita and connect to it with Tachiyomi on Android. I organize these files by hand outside of any system. I prefer this because it synchronizes and works well.

    For regular books, I have Readarr synced with Calibre, which I then have Calibre-Web connected to, which then exposes an endpoint for my devices using opds with apps like moonreader+ on Android or an e-ink device running koreader.

    I prefer my regular book setup for the organization Calibre brings along with the flexibility of Calibre-Web.

      • Shortcake@kbin.social
        2·
        2 years ago

        For komga you can and it and enter your komga domain, username and password for access.
        I personally use FMD2 to scrape manga chapters

    • Shortcake@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      Seconded Kavita for an ebook reader. Both it and komga do manga and comics very well, but Komga does not do ebooks

    • Spike@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      2 years ago

      What made you use Kavita over komga? This is only the second time I’ve read about Kavita, so I’m quite curious for any user experience.

      I’m currently setting up a new server and used Komga until now, but I’m willing to switch.

      • otterpop@lemmy.fmhy.ml
        2·
        2 years ago

        It seemed like it was under more active development, and it syncs with Tachiyomi, it seems to be a better implementation to me

        • Spike@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Really? It feels like there’s a new komga version every other day 😅

          Will definitely go and check out Kavita tomorrow.

          • Shortcake@kbin.social
            5·
            2 years ago

            Komga is very stable and about to hit v1.0. it and Kavita have different structure for organization (komga’s being 1 folder is 1 series and kavita’s is some folder and some metadata). Komga is focus on comics and manga and has a great web reader with fantastic integration with tachiyomi and tracking manga/comic progress that sounds to their site and tachiyomi. Kavita has a few features komga does not, such as the ability to read ebooks, send then to Kindle, kobo, and others. They do seem to have more updates but are also still beta now. Both are great but have their strong suits.

  • sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    2 years 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.

    • WeirdlyWickedWorm@kbin.social
      7·
      2 years 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.

      • EmptyRadar@kbin.social
        5·
        2 years ago

        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.

        • blkwolf@kbin.social
          2·
          2 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.

          • thejevans@lemmy.ml
            0·
            2 years ago

            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.

            • blkwolf@kbin.social
              1·
              2 years 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.

  • uzay@infosec.pub
    7·
    2 years ago

    Calibre for ebooks, and looking into komga for manga and comics. Audiobookshelf for audiobooks.

    I’ve been running calibre forever. It just works. The only thing I find a little cumbersome is adding books, as I add them to a local calibre library, mount my server’s calibre library folder and then use the copy to other library function in calibre. Probably not the best way to do it.

    For audiobooks I had regularly been scouring the internet for solutions because the ones I had never worked that well for me, until one time suddenly Audiobookshelf popped up. It’s simply amazing.

  • jason@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 years ago

    As a few people have pointed out, Kavita is a solid one. I ultimately used it because it saves your spot in the book server-side instead of with the browser (like calibre-web) so you can pick up where you left off on different devices.

    Also has a pretty good PWA for your phone if you want to read on there.

    • delcake@kbin.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      I wouldn’t consider myself a power user on ebook servers by any means, but I spun up Kavita a few weeks back and it definitely handles everything I need it to so far. Feels better to use than calibre IMO too.

  • aegisgfx877@kbin.social
    3·
    2 years ago

    Apparently Plex and Emby (Jellyfin) do audio book sorting, but Ive never been able to get them to work right

    • Midas@ymmel.nl
      1·
      2 years ago

      Audiobook issue has been solved by using audiobookshelf. It’s genuinely already great with native apps and even android auto integration.

      • BurntRiddles@kbin.social
        2·
        2 years ago

        @midas I have a weird problem with the android app losing my place in the book regularly. I finally just went to downloading the book with audiobookshelf and then using a different audio book player on android.

        @Maaji @aegisgfx877