30 open-source projects similar to anxcye/anx-reader, ranked by shared indexed features. Tags may describe platforms or build tools rather than the same primary purpose. Check each project’s use case, license, and deployment requirements before treating it as a replacement.
Librum is a cross-platform digital ebook reader and library manager designed to render multiple book formats. It functions as an integrated reading assistant and a system for organizing digital libraries across multiple devices. The project distinguishes itself by providing a self-hosted backend option, allowing users to maintain full control over their book data and metadata via a private server. It also integrates a language model assistant to provide text summarization, explanations, and translations of specific passages while reading. The application covers comprehensive library manageme
LibreraReader is a multi-format e-book reader and digital library manager designed for mobile and desktop devices. It functions as a customizable document renderer and a text-to-speech document player that converts written text into spoken audio via a configurable speech engine and integrated media player. The project distinguishes itself through a high degree of visual and functional customization, including the ability to inject custom CSS for styling overrides and the use of pluggable rendering engines to balance speed and stability. It includes specialized navigation tools such as a verti
Komikku is a manga reader application and digital comic library manager. It functions as a content aggregation client that combines feeds and saved searches from multiple third-party extensions into a unified view, while providing a mobile interface for reading digital comics from online sources or local storage. The application integrates third-party source extensions to fetch content from various catalogs and includes a system to synchronize reading status and progress records with external tracking services. It also allows for content source migration to maintain library access when a spec
Foliate is an EPUB e-book reader and multi-format document viewer designed for reading and managing digital books. It functions as a digital library manager that indexes local files and tracks reading progress across a personal collection. The application supports complex layout handling, including right-to-left text and vertical writing with automatic hyphenation. It provides a text-to-speech interface that converts document content into spoken audio using a system speech dispatcher. The tool includes capabilities for digital text annotation, allowing users to create highlights and notes. I
Suwayomi-Server is a self-hosted manga server that serves content via OPDS feeds for use with compatible reader applications. It functions as a personal manga library server, allowing users to organize, browse, and read manga from any device with offline support and automatic chapter updates. The server distinguishes itself through its extension-based source abstraction, which loads and executes third-party extensions at runtime to fetch content from various providers. It implements a bidirectional sync protocol using timestamped progress markers to reconcile reading positions across multiple
Mihon is a content aggregation client and manga reader application designed to manage digital comic libraries. It provides a centralized interface for organizing personal collections and tracking reading progress across various series. The application distinguishes itself through a modular architecture that supports dynamic extension loading, allowing users to integrate third-party content sources directly into the interface. It enables aggregated content discovery by executing concurrent searches across multiple providers, consolidating results into a unified view. Beyond basic reading, the
iBook is a self-hosted e-book library management system that allows individuals or organizations to set up and maintain their own digital collection. The platform provides durable storage for e-book files and their associated metadata, a RESTful API for library operations, static file serving for direct browser downloads, and a self-contained deployment model that runs on a user's own server. Beyond the core library functionality, iBook includes a freely accessible digital archive of technical and general e-books in EPUB and PDF formats, role-based access control for catalog and administrativ
Aidoku is a manga reader application and digital library manager. It serves as a modular content aggregator that allows users to discover, download, and read manga from various third-party sources and local files. The application utilizes a modular source plugin system to integrate external provider packages, enabling the ingestion of content from multiple third-party sources. It includes a sync engine that communicates with external tracking APIs to maintain consistent reading progress across different platforms. The system covers manga library management, including the ability to search fo
Readest is a cross-platform digital book reader and library management system designed to render multi-format ebook files across different devices. It provides a consistent interface for viewing digital content while coordinating reading progress, bookmarks, and notes through synchronization services. The application includes specialized tools for technical and academic reading, such as code syntax highlighting, a virtual split-screen viewport for comparing documents, and full-text search for rapid information retrieval. It further extends the reading experience with integrated dictionary loo
Calibre-web is a self-hosted web application that provides a browser-based interface for browsing, managing, and reading digital book collections stored in a library database. It functions as a comprehensive library management system, allowing users to organize large collections, edit metadata, and perform automated content updates through a centralized administrative dashboard. The platform distinguishes itself by integrating directly with external infrastructure to extend the capabilities of a standard digital library. It supports remote storage mapping to host files on cloud providers, uti
Kavita is a self-hosted digital library server designed for hosting, organizing, and sharing collections of digital books, comics, and magazines across multiple devices. It functions as a digital media metadata manager and an OPDS content server, enabling the distribution of publications to compatible reading applications. The system includes a cross-platform web-based reader that supports digital book annotations and highlights. It utilizes a role-based access control system to manage user permissions and enforce age restrictions for shared libraries. The platform provides comprehensive lib
Legado is a digital library manager and content aggregator designed to collect, organize, and read text-based media from various online sources within a single mobile interface. It functions as a centralized platform for managing personal collections, supporting both e-book reading and the tracking of updates from multiple digital content providers. The application distinguishes itself through a modular architecture that allows users to import external source definitions, enabling the retrieval of content from diverse web-based providers. It utilizes sandboxed scripting and pattern-based extr
Calibre is a comprehensive suite for digital library management, serving as a centralized hub for organizing, converting, and editing e-book collections. It functions as a multi-purpose platform that combines a relational database for metadata tracking with a powerful processing engine capable of transforming document formats and restructuring internal markup. Beyond local management, the software acts as a content server, enabling users to host their libraries over a network for remote access and reading via standard web browsers. The project distinguishes itself through its deep extensibili
Koodo Reader is an open-source, cross-platform eBook reader designed for managing and studying digital documents. It functions as both a standalone desktop application and a self-hosted web environment, allowing users to organize their libraries and read across multiple devices. The application distinguishes itself through integrated study and annotation tools that facilitate personal knowledge management, enabling users to highlight and extract insights from their documents. It supports a consistent reading experience by synchronizing progress and notes across platforms, while also providing
Magic Resume is a local-first resume builder that runs entirely in the browser, storing all user data on the device to protect privacy and enable offline access. It combines a real-time document editor with AI-powered writing assistance that checks grammar and suggests professional phrasing directly within the editing interface. The application provides a selection of pre-designed resume templates and supports custom theme-based visual styling, allowing users to switch between color and font schemes or toggle a dark mode for comfortable editing in different lighting conditions. A client-side
This project is a static site generator designed to function as a personal reading tracker and knowledge base. It provides a structured repository for documenting literary consumption, allowing users to maintain a chronological record of their reading history and personal library collection. The system utilizes markdown-based content storage to ensure that all entries remain portable and easy to version control. By transforming these structured text files into static HTML pages during a build-time process, the tool creates a consistent and searchable archive of read materials, including autho
Aglio is a command-line interface tool and static HTML renderer designed to convert API Blueprint specification files into readable, web-based documentation. It transforms structured API specifications into standalone HTML pages that can be hosted and distributed without a backend server. The project includes a theme engine that allows for the customization of visual styles through CSS variables and layout template overrides. Users can apply built-in themes or integrate external modules to change how the documentation is rendered. The tool supports modular document composition, enabling the
Simpread is a browser extension that transforms any web page into a clean, distraction-free reading layout optimized for comfortable reading and annotation. It functions as both a reading mode tool and a read-later service, allowing users to save pages for offline or future access while marking up text with highlights and notes. The extension distinguishes itself through deep integration with note-taking and productivity platforms, enabling direct export of annotations and cleaned pages to Obsidian, Logseq, Roam Research, Notion, and other tools. It also supports sending articles to Instapape
Kotatsu is an open-source manga reader for Android that functions as a content aggregator, offline reader, and progress tracker. It allows users to search for and stream manga from various online catalogues and external web sources, while also providing a local file viewer for reading downloaded content or archives without an internet connection. The application synchronizes reading history and bookmarks across multiple devices via shared accounts and integrates with external tracking services to maintain progress. It uses an extension-based system to scrape metadata and chapters from externa
This project is a community-curated directory of open-source software designed for deployment in private server environments and home labs. It serves as a comprehensive resource for discovering independent, self-hosted alternatives to mainstream cloud services, enabling users to maintain full data ownership and control over their digital infrastructure. The directory is structured through a hierarchical taxonomy that organizes a vast collection of applications into logical categories, ranging from media management and data analytics to private communication and team productivity tools. It dis
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted media server designed for the organization and streaming of personal audiobook and podcast collections. It functions as a digital library manager that provides centralized hosting, allowing users to stream audio content to various web and mobile clients while maintaining synchronized playback progress across all devices. The platform distinguishes itself through comprehensive library management and multi-user administration tools. It includes integrated metadata enrichment to automatically fetch cover art and descriptive information, alongside utilities for edi
Book's Story — Material You eBook reader built with Jetpack Compose. Free & Open source & Ad-free, with extensive customization options and support for multiple file formats.
Manta is a local-first financial tracker and PDF invoice generator that utilizes a schema-driven form builder to capture and validate structured user information. It serves as a system for managing billing records and invoice statuses directly on the user device to ensure data privacy and offline access. The project features a drag-and-drop document editor and a PDF template management system, allowing users to arrange fields and apply corporate branding without writing code. These tools enable the creation of professional billing documents by injecting structured data into reusable layout sk
GRDB.swift is a comprehensive SQLite toolkit and object-relational mapper for Swift. It provides a database wrapper that handles local data persistence, connection management, and encrypted file storage for Apple platforms. The library features a dedicated observation framework that tracks database changes to automatically synchronize the application state and user interface in real time. It distinguishes itself with a type-safe query builder and a protocol-based mapping system that converts database rows into structured Swift objects. The toolkit covers a broad range of administrative and o
This project is a multi-device synchronization tool and remote storage manager that maintains a mirrored state of data between a local machine and a remote server. It provides cloud file synchronization and cross-device data access, allowing local files and folders to be consistent across multiple computers. The client utilizes WebDAV for file management and synchronization, while employing the Open Collaboration Services API for account and session management. It integrates a cross-platform native wrapper to provide OS-level file system integration and includes a command line interface for m
BookReader is a mobile e-book reader application designed for reading digital novels in EPUB, PDF, and TXT formats. It functions as a digital library manager for organizing, indexing, and searching collections of electronic books using titles and tags. The application features a reading interface with three-dimensional page-flip animations to simulate the feel of physical books. It also includes a wireless synchronization system for transferring digital book files between devices over a local network. The software provides tools for customizing the reading experience, including adjustable th
PhotoEditor is an image editing library and canvas-based photo editor designed for in-app image manipulation. It serves as a toolkit for applying filters, text, stickers, and freehand drawing to images, functioning as both a bitmap image processor and a digital photo annotation tool. The project enables the creation of social media style stories by allowing users to add emojis, text, and stickers to photos. It supports non-destructive image manipulation, allowing users to remove elements or revert changes before exporting the final composition. The library covers a broad range of capabilitie
Buku is a personal bookmark manager that provides a command line interface, a portable bookmark database, and a self-hosted server for organizing web links. It functions as a command line knowledge base for saving, tagging, and searching web resources. The system features a portable, mergeable database that supports AES-256 encryption and is designed for cross-device data synchronization. It includes a RESTful API and a self-hosted web interface, allowing users to manage their collection via a browser or programmatic requests. Capabilities include automatic metadata fetching to populate page
MyBookshelf is an e-book reader application and custom content aggregator designed for reading web novels and managing a personal digital library. It functions as a local text library manager that organizes imported stories and local text files for offline access. The project enables the import of third-party catalogs via network URLs or local files, allowing for the discovery and aggregation of web literature from custom sources. This customization extends to how the application fetches and parses remote content to expand the available reading material. The system covers the management of a
Absurd-sql is a browser-based SQL database that runs SQLite for query processing and local storage. It provides a system for saving relational data locally in the browser to ensure persistence across page refreshes and restarts. The project implements an IndexedDB persistence layer that stores SQLite database blocks within the browser. This approach avoids loading entire database images into memory, enabling the storage of structured relational data locally to maintain functionality during offline use.