Best setup for desktop Calibre & hosted Calibre-web?

Retromantic · Yesterday, 03:23 AM

Hi everyone

I've been using Calibre on my Mac laptop for ages and love it. I have a large library.

I've since setup a home server, using yunohost from which I run a Mastodon instance and some other things.

So, I wanted to use Calibre-web on that, but I already have a local library on my laptop.

What's the best way to organise this? I imagine I should move my library to the calibre-web server. Can I then use Calibre on my laptop to access that library?

Then, I can use the web UI on my server when I'm away from home, and I'm told I can even browse it from my Kobo Libra Colour 2...

Does anyone run their setup at all like this? What's the best way to achieve something like this?

theducks · Yesterday, 12:51 PM

Calibre (desktop) is not really compatible with a remote (NAS or Share). See the FAQ's

Put a Library (folder) COPY on your server (and never 2-way sync)

Yesterday, 03:23 AM	#1
Retromantic Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2025 Device: Kobo Libra Colour	Best setup for desktop Calibre & hosted Calibre-web? Hi everyone I've been using Calibre on my Mac laptop for ages and love it. I have a large library. I've since setup a home server, using yunohost from which I run a Mastodon instance and some other things. So, I wanted to use Calibre-web on that, but I already have a local library on my laptop. What's the best way to organise this? I imagine I should move my library to the calibre-web server. Can I then use Calibre on my laptop to access that library? Then, I can use the web UI on my server when I'm away from home, and I'm told I can even browse it from my Kobo Libra Colour 2... Does anyone run their setup at all like this? What's the best way to achieve something like this?

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Yesterday, 12:51 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,062 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Calibre (desktop) is not really compatible with a remote (NAS or Share). See the FAQ's Put a Library (folder) COPY on your server (and never 2-way sync)

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