Grimmory
Ranked 3 of 6 ebook managers by recommenders
Self-hosted ebook library that serves OPDS, Kobo and Kindle clients from a web app, seen as a Calibre alternative. Caveat: it is heavier than lighter options.
Self-hosted ebook library that serves OPDS, Kobo and Kindle clients from a web app, seen as a Calibre alternative. Caveat: it is heavier than lighter options.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Covers nearly every use case
“it's definitely not the lightweight simple solution, its the everything under the sun solution”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage” “Opds, kobo api, kindle email and web reader cover pretty much every use case.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage” Works with OPDS and KOSync
“Opds, kobo api, kindle email and web reader cover pretty much every use case.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage” “Works great with OPDS and KOSync.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “KOReader” Web app suited to homelabs
“Grimmory is a web application first which is what I want.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage” “Just added it to my homelab.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Not lightweight or simple
“it's definitely not the lightweight simple solution, its the everything under the sun solution”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage”
Other ebook managers people recommend
The four most recommended other ebook managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calibre | 107 | 15 | 88% | 13 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Calibre-Web | 19 | 0 | 100% | 9 | — | Approved |
| GrimmoryThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 4 | — | — |
| Kavita | 5 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | — |
| Send to Kindle | 5 | 5 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Shelfmark (+ Grimmory/Calibre) is magic.”
“I moved from Grimmory to BookOrbit due to the lower resource usage”
“it's definitely not the lightweight simple solution, its the everything under the sun solution”
“Just added it to my homelab.”
“Grimmory is a web application first which is what I want.”
“Opds, kobo api, kindle email and web reader cover pretty much every use case.”
“You can change the store URL to your own Calibre(-web) or Grimmory.”
“Grimmory is pretty good as a calibre alternative”
“Works great with OPDS and KOSync.”
“Grimmory is great imo and seems to be in good hands now.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.