# Hardcover

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Hardcover and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a more open Goodreads alternative with a clean interface, good covers and genre data, and a responsive team behind it.

## Why people recommend it

- Open Goodreads alternative (3 comments): "There's even a plugin to sync my progress to hardcover, which is a more open alternative to Goodreads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49094981)) "when I decided to "de-oligarch" as much as possible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47068091)) "seems like a pretty good alternative" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840196))
- Integrates well with other tools (2 comments): "There's even a plugin to sync my progress to hardcover, which is a more open alternative to Goodreads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49094981)) "particularly nicely with hardcover" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49774013))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Goodreads](https://hackerapproved.com/p/goodreads.md): 17 recommend
- [Shelvy Books](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shelvy-books.md): 9 recommend
- [LibraryThing](https://hackerapproved.com/p/librarything.md): 6 recommend
- [StoryGraph](https://hackerapproved.com/p/storygraph.md): 5 recommend
- [BookWyrm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bookwyrm.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://hardcover.app/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hardcover", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hardcover/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).