Self-host librarr
v1.4.1Search and download manager for books, audiobooks, and manga
- Stars
- 295
- Port
- 5050 (HTTP web UI and API)
ghcr.io/jeremiahm37/librarrWhat is librarr?
Librarr is a self-hosted search and download manager for books, audiobooks, and manga written in Go. It searches configured indexers (Prowlarr, OPDS catalogs, public APIs, Anna's Archive, web-novel sites, and more) in parallel, scores results with a 0-100 confidence breakdown, and manages downloads via qBittorrent, Transmission, or SABnzbd. Wanted items get quality profiles with format ranking and cutoffs; the scheduler automatically searches and upgrades until the cutoff is met. It auto-imports into Calibre, Audiobookshelf, Kavita, or Komga, supports author monitoring with Open Library work keys, series auto-complete, Goodreads/StoryGraph CSV import, and provides Torznab and OPDS 1.2 APIs for integration with Prowlarr, Readarr, and e-reader apps. The UI is a mobile-responsive single-page app with dark theme, multi-user auth (bcrypt, TOTP 2FA, OIDC/SSO), API keys, rate limiting, Prometheus metrics, and webhook notifications (Discord, generic). It runs as a single ~17 MB static binary with pure-Go SQLite (~14 MB idle RSS), available via Docker (ghcr.io/jeremiahm37/librarr) or direct binary download for Linux, macOS, and Windows on amd64, arm64, and armv7.
Should you self-host librarr?
librarr scores 50/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #8 of 12 in Book Management. It has 295 GitHub stars.
It shipped 13 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v1.4.1, came out on 21 September 2026. New versions land roughly every 8 days.
Setup is moderate: expect some configuration beyond a single command. An official Docker image is available. It is MIT-licensed and written mostly in Go.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is SoulSync (67/100, 2 321 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See librarr vs SoulSync side by side.
Features
- Author monitoring
- Automatic upgrades
- Automatic wanted list scheduler
- Backup and Restore
- File organization and auto-import
- Goodreads/StoryGraph CSV import
- Multi-user Authentication
- OPDS 1.2 feed
- Parallel multi-source search
- Prometheus Metrics
- Quality profiles with format ranking
- Request/approval workflow
- Series auto-complete
- Torznab/Newznab API
- Webhook Notifications
librarr README
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