BookFI Alternatives

BookFI is described as 'Bookfi is one of the most popular Multi-lingual online libraries in the world. It has more than 2230000 books' and is an website in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BookFI, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Tor, Mac and Linux apps. The best BookFI alternative is The Pirate Bay, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to BookFI are Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, BTDigg and SoftArchive.

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  1. The Pirate Bay icon
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    Search and download torrents from a vast library of movies, music, games, and software. Offers magnet links for quick access and community ratings but requires caution due to copyright risks.

    47 The Pirate Bay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
     
    • The Pirate Bay is the most popular Web-based alternative to BookFI.

    • The Pirate Bay is the most popular free alternative to BookFI.

    • The Pirate Bay is Free and ProprietaryBookFI is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Sci-Hub icon
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    Sci-Hub provides open access to 85.4 million research papers, bypassing paywalls and restrictions, as a non-profit shadow library emphasizing free scientific knowledge.

    31 Sci-Hub alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  3. Library Genesis icon
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    Library Genesis is a search engine for articles and books on various topics, which allows free access to content that is otherwise paywalled or not digitized elsewhere.

    36 Library Genesis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  4. BTDigg icon
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    BTDigg is the BitTorrent DHT search engine.

    28 BTDigg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Tor
     
    • BTDigg is the most popular Open Source alternative to BookFI.

    • BTDigg is Free and Open SourceBookFI is Free and Proprietary
  5. SoftArchive icon
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    SoftArchive or SA is a scene release website, more known for new release of software, games, music, movies, and eBooks. SoftArchive was launched in year 2004 and managed by team around the world.

    50 SoftArchive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Libgen Desktop icon
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    Libgen Desktop is a Windows application for browsing a local copy of LibGen catalog. The main (non-fiction), fiction and scientific articles (scimag) LibGen collections are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Libgen Desktop is the most popular Windows alternative to BookFI.

    • Libgen Desktop is Free and Open SourceBookFI is Free and Proprietary
  7. arXiv icon
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    arXiv® is a free distribution service and an open archive for scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.

    10 arXiv alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  8. Zenodo icon
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    Built and developed by researchers, to ensure that everyone can join in Open Science. Catch-all repository for EC funded research. CERN, an OpenAIRE partner and pioneer in open source, open access and open data

    10 Zenodo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Zenodo is the most popular Mac, Linux & SaaS alternative to BookFI.

    • Zenodo is Free and Open SourceBookFI is Free and Proprietary
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    Freegogpcgames.com is here to give you DRM-FREE No activation or online connection required to play Games from GOG. We thoroughly check all available free full download games from our sources and collect them and organize them in our website.

    38 Free GOG PC Games alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  10. ScienceDirect icon
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    ScienceDirect provides subscription-based access to a large database of scientific and medical research. It hosts over 12 million pieces of content from 3,500 academic journals and 34,000 e-books.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Comments about ScienceDirect as an Alternative to BookFI
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    It's paid. They don't offer free articles and definitely not books

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    • Some users think ScienceDirect is a great BookFI alternative, some don't.

    • ScienceDirect is the most popular commercial alternative to BookFI.

    • ScienceDirect is Paid and ProprietaryBookFI is Free and Proprietary
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