Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed9.news.xs4all.nl!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod
From: Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@debian.org>
Newsgroups: linux.debian.bugs.dist,linux.debian.maint.python
Subject: Bug#982690: RFP: calibre-web -- web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:10:01 +0100
Message-ID: <BI6AF-7LL-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
Old-Return-Path: <debbugs@buxtehude.debian.org>
Reply-To: Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@debian.org>, 982690@bugs.debian.org
Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org
Resent-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org, wnpp@debian.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Approved: robomod@news.nic.it
Lines: 49
Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway
Sender: robomod@news.nic.it
Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.bugs.dist:1047998 linux.debian.maint.python:13216

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : calibre-web
  Version         : 0.6.11
  Upstream Author : Ozzie Isaacs
* URL             : https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
* License         : GPL-3
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : eBook web app alternative to Calibre

web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and
downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database

Features

    Bootstrap 3 HTML5 interface
    full graphical setup
    User management with fine-grained per-user permissions
    Admin interface
    User Interface in czech, dutch, english, finnish, french, german, greek, hungarian, italian, japanese, khmer, polish, russian, simplified chinese, spanish, swedish, turkish, ukrainian
    OPDS feed for eBook reader apps
    Filter and search by titles, authors, tags, series and language
    Create a custom book collection (shelves)
    Support for editing eBook metadata and deleting eBooks from Calibre library
    Support for converting eBooks through Calibre binaries
    Restrict eBook download to logged-in users
    Support for public user registration
    Send eBooks to Kindle devices with the click of a button
    Sync your Kobo devices through Calibre-Web with your Calibre library
    Support for reading eBooks directly in the browser (.txt, .epub, .pdf, .cbr, .cbt, .cbz)
    Upload new books in many formats, including audio formats (.mp3, .m4a, .m4b)
    Support for Calibre Custom Columns
    Ability to hide content based on categories and Custom Column content per user
    Self-update capability
    "Magic Link" login to make it easy to log on eReaders
    Login via LDAP, google/github oauth and via proxy authentication

=====

Calibre, already in Debian, does provide a "calibre-server" but the
functionality provided by calibre-web is much broader. It's also a
different codebase, specifically designed to run as a web service
(while calibre-server was somewhat "tacked on" later on).

Would be great if some other python maintainer took a look at it, as I
have very little free time nowadays, but since I'm looking at moving
away from Calibre for some things (especially exposed to the network),
I may look into this eventually.