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Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

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Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you can only read while at home, unless I misunderstood something.

You should def setup a reverse proxy. Our wiki has examples for most of the popular ones: https://wiki.kavitareader.com/en/install/reverse-proxy

An offline reading feature would be great. Start the reader, mark some books for offline access, download them, go offline, read them, sync the page number with the server when back online.

Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

#32

"a rocket fueled self-hosted digital library" - what does it mean that it's rocket fueled...?

Maybe they are big fans of Newsradio (one of my all-time favorite shows) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JpwjnMFlJI

Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

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UI with minimalism, open source and cross-platform (Win, Lin, Mac) -- what's not to like about it?! And a great name too. Kavita means poem or poetry in Sanskrit and pretty much all Indic languages. I'm sure others will point out the pros/cons vis-a-vis Calibre reader. But each serves a different niche. This one seems particularly geared towards comics. So cannot expect all the bells and whistles of Calibre.

  > Kavita means poem or poetry in Sanskrit and pretty much all Indic languages.
Interestingly, in Semitic languages Kavita means writing or written things.

Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

#35
post #13

Would love to give the demo a try, but am getting "Your credentials aren't correct" unfortunately.

That just means someone changed it because they are bullies. Let me change it back. :)

Are you the dev? The `img/hero/example.png` image is way too big, I watched it slowly load over the course of maybe 5 seconds.

Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

#36
Speaking of libraries, does anyone know a minimalist amateur library software a hackerspace could use? We currently only have a few books, but the list could as well grow and it would be nice to have a webpage that would help us track who brought / borrowed what.

Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

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post #36

Speaking of libraries, does anyone know a minimalist amateur library software a hackerspace could use? We currently only have a few books, but the list could as well grow and it would be nice to have a webpage that would help us track who brought / borrowed what.

A search for "minimalist amateur library software" got me this:

https://www.goodfirms.co/blog/best-free-open-source-library-...

Good luck!

Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

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post #36

Speaking of libraries, does anyone know a minimalist amateur library software a hackerspace could use? We currently only have a few books, but the list could as well grow and it would be nice to have a webpage that would help us track who brought / borrowed what.

a spreadsheet. no really. until you have >1000s of books, a spreadsheet will have all you need
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