calibre Alternatives

calibre is described as 'Free e-book manager offering library management, multi-format conversion, syncing to devices, news download as e-books, built-in viewer, editor, and privacy' and is a leading Ebook Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to calibre for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone and Linux apps. The best calibre alternative is KOReader, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like calibre are Readest, Librera Reader, Foliate and Koodo Reader.

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  1. Reads EPUB, MOBI, FB2, and PDF files, manages digital libraries, tracks reading progress, allows notes, highlights, bookmarks, text translation, online search, night mode, full-screen, customizable layouts, text-to-speech, and displays ebook metadata.

    107 Icecream Ebook Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  2. Read, search, make notes & highlights in PDF (Adobe DRM), EPUB (Adobe DRM), DjVu, TXT, FB2, FB2.zip book formats. Enjoy a unique, fast and user-friendly interface that was designed to provide the most convenient set of options for you to fully enjoy reading a book.

    64 PocketBook Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. This is a book catalogue application, to keep track of your books and comics. Books can be added either manually, by ISBN, or by barcode.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  4. Flow icon
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    Flow is an online EPUB reader that offers its services at no cost and is compatible across a range of platforms including Web, Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS. It provides the convenience of reading multiple books simultaneously and enables seamless reading across...

    64 Flow alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. EPUBReader icon
     41 likes

    EPUBReader is a Firefox and Chrome addon which lets you read ePub-files just in the browser. You don't need to install additional software!

    102 EPUBReader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  6. AlReader icon
     30 likes

    Program is designed for reading fiction book.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
     
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  7. Cool Reader  icon
     67 likes

    Cool Reader is fast and small cross-platform XML/CSS based eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices. Understands a number of text document formats, suppurt OPDS (in new ui-opengl version). Fully customizable palette, text reformatting with any font size, font...

    102 Cool Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Haiku
     
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  8. TextStack icon
     2 likes

    TextStack is a reading tool for developers tackling dense technical books like Designing Data-Intensive Applications, ML papers, or distributed systems texts. Tap any unfamiliar term, get a 2-3 sentence LLM-powered explanation that's aware of the book's domain —...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Komga icon
     10 likes

    Komga is a free and open source comics/mangas server with a web-based interface for browsing, searching and reading books and series as well as for administering accounts and access.

    26 Komga alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  10. MyBookshelf icon
     4 likes

    MyBookshelf is web based program to manage your library of ebooks. It is fully web based, with simple, yet powerful interface. It’s written in python language and django web framework offers great flexibility and extensibility. Ideal for sharing ebooks within a group of people.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  11. Libreture icon
     4 likes

    Store your ebooks. Track your reading. Discover new favourites.

    Goodreads meets Dropbox - your own ebook cloud library for all your digital reading.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • EPUBReader
    • Cool Reader
    • Aldiko
    • Moon+ Reader
    • Stanza
    • FBReader
     
  12. Find recent book summaries in a simple interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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