Federated Goodread ?
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Is there a federated goodread like program or at least some open-source self hosted one ?
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Is there a federated goodread like program or at least some open-source self hosted one ?
We have Bookwyrm
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Is there a federated goodread like program or at least some open-source self hosted one ?
The problem is that most data about books (ISBNs, DDC and LOC classification, cover images, synopsis, etc) are owned by either Amazon or Worldcat. So if you read anything even slightly off beat, you’ll be entering all of that data yourself. That also means recommendations aren’t really a thing. If you just want to track and share your reading, and don’t mind entering all the data yourself, bookwyrm is fine. But if you want to just search for a book and add it to your shelf, or get recommendations of new books, it’s nowhere near there.
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The problem is that most data about books (ISBNs, DDC and LOC classification, cover images, synopsis, etc) are owned by either Amazon or Worldcat. So if you read anything even slightly off beat, you’ll be entering all of that data yourself. That also means recommendations aren’t really a thing. If you just want to track and share your reading, and don’t mind entering all the data yourself, bookwyrm is fine. But if you want to just search for a book and add it to your shelf, or get recommendations of new books, it’s nowhere near there.
Sure, there's always room for improvement. But a lot of books that weren't available on my instance I could just import from other instances or other sources. I've also got some good recommendations from the Explore feed on Bookwyrm.
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The problem is that most data about books (ISBNs, DDC and LOC classification, cover images, synopsis, etc) are owned by either Amazon or Worldcat. So if you read anything even slightly off beat, you’ll be entering all of that data yourself. That also means recommendations aren’t really a thing. If you just want to track and share your reading, and don’t mind entering all the data yourself, bookwyrm is fine. But if you want to just search for a book and add it to your shelf, or get recommendations of new books, it’s nowhere near there.
Yeah, if you want things for the people by the people, then the people need to do the work.
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Is there a federated goodread like program or at least some open-source self hosted one ?
Calibre might meet some of your requirements. Readarr was nice, but it's no longer maintained.
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The problem is that most data about books (ISBNs, DDC and LOC classification, cover images, synopsis, etc) are owned by either Amazon or Worldcat. So if you read anything even slightly off beat, you’ll be entering all of that data yourself. That also means recommendations aren’t really a thing. If you just want to track and share your reading, and don’t mind entering all the data yourself, bookwyrm is fine. But if you want to just search for a book and add it to your shelf, or get recommendations of new books, it’s nowhere near there.
StoryGraph does this very well - all non-ISBN items are welcome. Web comics, random PDFs etc.
Would love to see that on BookWyrm, if it doesn’t already exist.
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Is there a federated goodread like program or at least some open-source self hosted one ?
I don’t believe it’s federated, but there’s also the Hardcover App that posits itself as a Goodreads alternative.
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Is there a federated goodread like program or at least some open-source self hosted one ?
Bookwyrm is exactly that and while it's still in "beta", I've been running, using and enjoying it for years now. I get almost all of my recommendations from there!
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Calibre might meet some of your requirements. Readarr was nice, but it's no longer maintained.
Already have Calibre, I was more searching on the social side of things.
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Already have Calibre, I was more searching on the social side of things.
I thought as much, but thought I'd mention it.
Do you have their server, or just the app? It's been a minute since I messed with it, but I think it had more features than the app.
