The Best Open Source Goodreads AlternativesTop Social Networks and other similar apps like Goodreads

The best open source alternative to Goodreads is Open Library. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Goodreads and 17 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Goodreads are BookWyrm, Openreads, inventaire.io and BookBrainz.

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  1. Open Library icon
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    Editable online catalog with user-sourced entries, metadata, cover art, and digital lending for millions of books, searchable by author, subject, or ISBN, including over one million Public Domain works available for download or borrowing via various digital formats.

    39 Open Library alternatives

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    • Online
     
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  2. BookWyrm icon
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    BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Federation allows BookWyrm users to join small, trusted communities that can connect with one another, and with other ActivityPub services like...

    43 BookWyrm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  3. Openreads icon
     41 likes

    An Android app for keeping track of books you have read and want to read.

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
     
  4. inventaire.io icon
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    Inventaire is a book sharing webapp, inviting everyone to make the inventory of their books, define what they want to do with it (giving, sharing, selling), as well as who should be able to see it (shared publicly, or only visible to your friends and groups).

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  5. BookBrainz icon
     9 likes

    BookBrainz is a project to create an online database of information about every single book, magazine, journal and other publication ever written. We make all the data that we collect available to the whole world to consume and use as they see fit.

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    • Online
     
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  6. lib.reviews icon
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    We believe that the information we use to make decisions -- about what book to read, what place to stay at or what product to buy -- will be of higher quality if we organize it transparently, through an open community.

    89 lib.reviews alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. 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.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  8. BookShelf icon
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    BookShelf is designed to manage physical books. Scan books’ Barcode, and books will add to Bookshelf. You can record book information, reading status, notes, labels and etc. With Search function, there is no need for you to rummage through your house for a book, and you may...

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  9. Book Catalogue icon
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    This is a simple book catalogue application, to store a list of your books. Books can be added either manually, by ISBN, or by barcode.

    50 Book Catalogue alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. LearnAwesome icon
     2 likes

    A social network for learners to share reviews on learning resources like books, courses, apps, podcasts, newsletters, livestreams etc. Open-source and ActivityPub compliant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. BiblioteQ icon
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    BiblioteQ strives to be a professional cataloging and library management suite. The SRU and Z39.50 protocols are used for retrieving data for books, journals, and magazines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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