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24 alternatives to OpenLibra

The free online bookstore

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. OpenLibra launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   OpenLibra▲4

   Catalog of free Science and technical books

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   WikiBooks▲6

   Open Books for an Open World

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   DevFreeBooks▲288

   A collection of free books for developers

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   InWordy▲68

   The online library of thoughts

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Pocket Explore▲351

   A human curated version of the web

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   CODY▲136

   Free library of HTML, CSS, & JS nuggets

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Kooba▲141

   An interactive graph for finding new books

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Shelf▲242

   Discover great products with people who actually use them

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Getting Real▲234

   The smarter way to build web apps. A free book by 37signals.

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Oyster Books (web client)▲92

    Introducing the Oyster Web Reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pressbooks▲108

    Create books: print and ebooks

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Bookup▲76

    Hookups for books!

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Tiny Docs▲121

    Simple place to write

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ..▲106

    ..

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    OpenSpritz▲73

    A free speed reading bookmarklet inspired by Spritz

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Starting + Sustaining▲92

    A guide to plan, launch and run a web app

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Booklights▲169

    Make America Read Again 📖

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ReadMe.io▲39

    A Developer Hub for your open source software

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Litographs Book Club▲84

    Thoughtful book recommendations from indie booksellers

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    booky▲92

    Online bookmark manager

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Ghost▲123

    Blogging and Publishing. Free. Open. Simple.

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    BitBooks▲78

    Build online books directly from Github

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Dewey▲85

    Better bookmarks for Google Chrome

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →