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Calibre-Web-Automated: Simplify eBook Setup

Name: Calibre-Web-Automated: Simplify eBook Setup
Author: crocodilestick

Automate eBook management with Calibre-Web-Automated, ideal for founders. 5.9k+ GitHub stars

From the repo · “Calibre-Web but Automated and with tons of New Features! Fully automate and simplify your eBook set up!”

6,455 stars+34★ this week547 forksJavaScriptGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jul 11Updated 10/9/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Calibre-Web-Automated automates eBook management tasks, such as adding, removing, and organizing eBooks, using the Calibre library management system

When to use it

•When you have a large collection of eBooks and want to automate tasks like adding metadata or converting formats
•When you need to integrate eBook management with other automated workflows or tools
•When you want to provide a web-based interface for managing eBooks, but also automate tasks in the background

Ready-to-paste prompt

calibre-add --title 'Example Book' --author 'John Doe' --tags 'fiction,example' /path/to/ebook.epub

Heads up: Make sure you have Docker installed and configured on your system, and that the Calibre library is properly set up and accessible by the Docker container, as Calibre-Web-Automated relies on Docker to run

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/calibre-web-automated && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/calibre-web-automated/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/calibre-web-automated/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Calibre-Web-Automated: Simplify eBook Setup works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Calibre-Web-Automated: Simplify eBook Setup is a very large JavaScript project (~200k lines across 355 code files, plus 47 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit a month ago, GPL-3.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~200k lines · 355 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

One-command install

Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.

Runs on

Python · Docker

No API keys detected

JavaScript 48%Python 28%Fluent 14%HTML 8%CSS 2%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
cps/cli.py
Where the program starts running
3
pyproject.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes

What's in each folder

cps/services/Backend / API9 files

cps/templates/Templates61 files

root/Folder50 files

README_images/Folder29 files

cps/translations/Translations28 files

changelogs/Folder21 files

scripts/Helper scripts21 files

cps/tasks/Folder13 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyGPL-3.0 licenseUpdated 1 mo ago

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/calibre-web-automated && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/calibre-web-automated/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/calibre-web-automated/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

crocodilestick

Language

JavaScript