Bookwyrm
Bookwyrm is a source-available, self-hosted app in the E-books category, licensed Anti-Capitalist Software License 1.4 and written mainly in Python. It has 2,806 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,806
- Forks
- 347
- Open issues
- 396
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,610
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.9.3Sep 9, 2026
- Created
- Jan 27, 2020
- License
- Anti-Capitalist Software License 1.4Source-available
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,610 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors48 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,610 |
| Latest release | v0.9.3 (Sep 9, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 38 |
| Open issues | 396 |
| Open pull requests | 30 |
| Good first issues | 39 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 27, 2020 |
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About Bookwyrm
Social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm.
Topics
- activitypub
- decentralization
- federation
- books
- reading
- social-media
- openlibrary
- bookwyrm
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Is Bookwyrm free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Bookwyrm is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the Anti-Capitalist Software License 1.4, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. This is a custom license: the source is public, but it adds conditions that OSI-approved licenses do not, such as limits on commercial, hosted or production use. Read it before you deploy. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Bookwyrm with Docker?
Bookwyrm does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Bookwyrm?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Bookwyrm include Calibre, Calibre Web and Audiobookshelf.
Is Bookwyrm actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Bookwyrm was on Oct 26, 2026 with 1,610 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.9.3, published Sep 9, 2026. It had 396 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.