Show HN: Citadel – a Calibre-compatible eBook management app

Post by reddalo » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 10:18 AM UTC

inhumantsar wrote: post #7

phildenhoff wrote: post #3

As an aside, some folks may ask "why write a new app instead of contributing to Calibre Web or a similar project?" It's a good question! Because I wanted to :) Right now, this is a hobby project — I'm more interested in having fun building (rough!!) software than worried about extending existing projects. Plus, with how Citadel is designed to be backwards compatible with Calibre, you can continue to use Calibre Web.…

> "why write a new app" I'd imagine spearheading a ground up rewrite of their UI would be a lot more work too. thanks for taking this on! calibre is a pita for me to use, and I know what I'm doing. makes it impossible to recommend to anyone, whether they're my grandparents or asavvy tech person.

Post by spython » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 10:23 AM UTC

Modified3019 wrote: post #29

spython wrote: post #26

Looks great! Just last week I tried to use Calibre again and fell into the black hole that is its UI.. Thought of donating some UI/UX work but felt like that would be a multi-year project. Perhaps I could support you with UI/UX instead?

My understanding of the calibre project from watching it over the years, is that improvements are typically not welcome. Kovid Goyal already has what he wants, and if you any everyone one else want something else, you’ll need to fork (and then maintain) He’s done amazing work, but he’s one of those very opinionated people that can quickly and arbitrarily become weirdly hostile to things, even when others offer to do…

Post by say_it_as_it_is » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 10:45 AM UTC

Post by gjvc » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 11:03 AM UTC

MikusR wrote: post #34

freddie_mercury wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does Python 2 have to do with anything? Calibre hasn't used Python 2 in years.

Calibre author initially was so against Python 3 that he offered to maintain Python 2 by hinmself

Post by carderne » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 11:06 AM UTC