Learning and careers
Books Calculator alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
bayang/jelu★728 GitHub starsMIT licenceSelf-hosted web app to track read and to-read books with metadata and lists.Open on GitHub ↗pickles4evaaaa/mybibliotheca★580 GitHub starsMIT licencePersonal reading tracker with logging and library visualizations, runnable in your own environment.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Polished analytics and usage tracking
- Cross-device user accounts and sync
- Professional UX polish and accessibility QA
- Curated, verified large book database and ongoing data corrections
- Commercial support and bug SLA
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Books Calculator, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.