
Calibre
e-Book Manager (Desktop GUI)
Calibre is a powerful and easy to use e-book manager. Users say it’s outstanding and a must-have. It’ll allow you to do nearly everything and it takes things a step beyond normal e-book software. It’s also completely free and open source and great for both casual users and computer experts.
Application setup:
- Create the library at
/books
- For Readarr integration: Enable Content Server at Preferences -> Sharing over the net, enable “Require username and password to access the Content server”
- Optional: Install plugins at Preferences -> Get plugins
Book database (STORAGE_CALIBRE_LIBRARY) is not recommended to mounted via SMB due to locking issue (“DB appears locked”). A possible fix: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?s=2a2bb1273085bedaedd817ada675c7df&p=3460465&postcount=9
📜 Source: https://calibre-ebook.com/
📦 Image: https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-calibre/
name: calibre
services:
calibre:
image: lscr.io/linuxserver/calibre:8.4.0
container_name: calibre
restart: unless-stopped
# kics-scan ignore-line
security_opt:
- seccomp:unconfined # optional
environment:
PUID: ${PUID}
PGID: ${PGID}
TZ: ${TIMEZONE}
PASSWORD: # optional GUI password
CLI_ARGS: # optional - see https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/generated/en/calibre.html
volumes:
- ${DOCKER_VOLUMES}/calibre:/config
- ${STORAGE_CALIBRE_LIBRARY}:/books
- ${STORAGE_CALIBRE_LIBRARY_HUN}:/books-hun
- ${STORAGE_DOWNLOADS}:/downloads:ro
networks:
- proxy
labels:
traefik.enable: true
# Desktop GUI (via KasmVNC)
traefik.http.routers.calibre.service: calibre
traefik.http.routers.calibre.middlewares: localaccess@file
traefik.http.services.calibre.loadbalancer.server.port: 8080
# Content Server (OPDS Catalog)
# URL: https://calibre-server.${MYDOMAIN}/opds
# Set Preferences -> Sharing over the net -> Advanced -> Authentication: basic
traefik.http.routers.calibre-server.service: calibre-server
traefik.http.routers.calibre-server.middlewares: localaccess@file
traefik.http.routers.calibre-server.rule: Host(`calibre-server.${MYDOMAIN}`)
traefik.http.services.calibre-server.loadbalancer.server.port: 8081
homepage.group: Media
homepage.name: Calibre
homepage.icon: calibre.png
homepage.href: https://calibre.${MYDOMAIN}/
homepage.description: e-Book Manager (Desktop GUI)
networks:
proxy:
external: true