Open Library
Editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
- Free • Open Source
- Online
What is Open Library?
One web page for every book ever published. It's a lofty but achievable goal.
Book database and digital lending libraryIts book information is collected from the Library of Congress, other libraries, and Amazon.com, as well as from user contributions through a Wiki-like interface.
Open Library claims to have 6 million authors and 20 million books (not works), and about one million Public Domain books are available as digitized books.
Open Library Screenshots
Open Library Features
Open Library information
- Developed byThe Internet Archive
- LicensingOpen Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.
- Written in
- RatingAverage rating of 3
- Alternatives22 alternatives listed
Supported Languages
- English
GitHub repository
- 4,095 Stars
- 973 Forks
- 861 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
Said about Open Library as an alternative
While BookBrainz is currently in its early days, Open Library benefits from an already big library with options to borrow the book from a library or buy it from elsewhere. It's much more complete and usable.
Clean interface, efficient search engine, open-source.
Nice to look, easy to contribute and open-source.
Tags
- Database
- Web Archiving
- Books
Lists containing Open Library
Literature • all about books • Learn! Online education & MOOC • database informalRecent user activities on Open Library
- alternativepanda99 liked Open Libraryal
POX added Open Library as alternative(s) to Crokes- anapple_aday liked Open Libraryaa
I think it is the best alternative to Goodreads.
It does not allow to filter for free/public domain books.