What is calibre-web-automated?

Calibre-Web Automated is a self-hosted digital library application built on top of Calibre-Web, a popular open-source tool for managing and reading ebooks through a web browser. The project adds a large set of automation features and quality-of-life improvements that the original Calibre-Web does not include, with the aim of making it a complete, standalone ebook library solution that runs on your own server. The original Calibre desktop application is well known and feature-rich, but it was designed for desktop use and becomes awkward when run inside a container on a home server. Calibre-Web solved part of that problem by offering a lighter, browser-based front end, but it lacked some of Calibre's core functions. Calibre-Web Automated bridges that gap by combining the clean web interface of Calibre-Web with the processing capabilities of Calibre, then adding extras such as automatic book ingestion, format conversion, and metadata management. The system runs as a Docker container. When you drop an ebook file into a monitored folder, the application can automatically detect it, convert it to the right format if needed, and add it to your library without any manual steps. It also supports syncing reading progress with KOReader devices, OAuth-based login for more secure authentication, and a network-share mode for deployments where the library files live on a NAS or shared network drive. Two companion projects are mentioned in the README: Shelfmark, a web interface for searching and requesting book downloads, and a mobile app called Calibre Web Companion for Android that provides a more phone-friendly browsing and download experience. The project is free and open source and has a community Discord server. The full README is longer than what was shown.