Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ShelfHost
Your library, locally hosted & beautifully rendered.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi, I made a thing! This is by far the most work I've ever sunk into a side project; I've been working on this thing for over two years, and I'm super proud of it, even though there's still a lot more to do! Storyteller is a self-hosted platform for ebooks with synced narration. This is basically self-hosted WhisperSync, for anyone familiar with that Amazon product. It's currently made up of two self-hostable backend systems and a mobile app for reading and listening to the books it produces. Technically it uses an open spec, EPUB 3's "Media Overlay", for syncing the narration, but very few…
2023 · smoores.gitlab.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · libreread.org · its alternatives →
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ReadHere▲146Lightweight PDF & EPUB reader in your browser
Jun 2026 · readhere.app · its alternatives →
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2019 · selfhostedsource.tech · its alternatives →
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Shelf▲135A better way for teams to manage & share files, links & more
2017 · shelf.io · its alternatives →
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Shelf.so is for sale on Spaceship. Secure checkout and quick transfer. See all purchase options. No hidden fees.
2021 · shelf.so · its alternatives →
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Shelfinder▲104A floating shelf for drag-and-drop files on macOS
Dec 2025 · shelfinder.com · its alternatives →
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Digital Bookshelf ▲127A Notion space to store your content, notes and learnings.
2022 · hdfocal.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Hey folks! This winter I've been building Citadel to scratch my itch of managing ebooks without using Calibre. Calibre is incredibly powerful, but it's slow and awkward to use. I dreamed of writing a native app (and originally tried this in Swift), but ran into issues building the UI. Plus, whatever I built would only work on macOS. I started writing Citadel using Tauri (Svelte on the frontend + Rust on the backend) to have a cross-platform desktop app. Plus, Citadel supports running in a headless / webbrowser mode. You can self-host a Citadel server that manages your library, and…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hazel 2.0▲122A simple and beautiful virtual bookshelf
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Get free and discounted Ebooks of your print or paper books
2015 · its alternatives →
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Kener▲114Hosted, open-source, docker ready stunning status page
2025 · kener.ing · its alternatives →
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Self-hosted EPUB library with no database
Aug 2026 · bookhoarder.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I built Bookhead because I used to work as a bookseller and I wasn't happy with the software options when I decided to sell my own collection online (with the hopes of one day growing so I can open my own brick & mortar). So I decided to make my own bookselling app...a classic hacker distraction. Bookhead has two main parts: 1. an inventory management app that allows a bookseller to list their books anywhere they want to sell books (like Squarespace, Biblio, eBay, Shopify (coming soon!), etc) 2. an e-commerce platform with a CMS for selling books and letting a store control their…
2025 · bookhead.net · its alternatives →
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Basefolder ▲128Use your home PC as your own personal cloud storage server.
2016 · basefolder.com · its alternatives →
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A self-hosted, open-source, lightweight cloud platform.
Mar 2026 · folderhost.org · its alternatives →
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