Bookwyrm
Social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.
- E-books
- Python
- Anti-Capitalist Software License
- Source-available
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,791
- Forks
- 339
- Open issues
- 409
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,350
- Last commit
- Oct 1, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.9.3Sep 9, 2026
- Created
- Jan 27, 2020
- License
- Anti-Capitalist Software License 1.4Source-available
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About Bookwyrm
Social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Bookwyrm is source-available under the Anti-Capitalist Software License 1.4 and written mainly in Python, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 2,791 stars and 339 forks on GitHub, with 1,350 commits over the last year. It installs natively rather than through an official Docker image, so plan for a short manual setup.
Topics
- activitypub
- decentralization
- federation
- books
- reading
- social-media
- openlibrary
- bookwyrm
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What is Bookwyrm?
Bookwyrm is a source-available app you can host on your own server, listed in our E-books category. Social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. The source code lives at github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm, where it has 2,791 stars.
Is Bookwyrm free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Bookwyrm is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the Anti-Capitalist Software License 1.4, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. This is a custom license: the source is public, but it adds conditions that OSI-approved licenses do not, such as limits on commercial, hosted or production use. Read it before you deploy. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Bookwyrm with Docker?
Bookwyrm does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Bookwyrm?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Bookwyrm include Calibre, Calibre Web and Audiobookshelf.
Is Bookwyrm actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Bookwyrm was on Oct 1, 2026 with 1,350 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.9.3, published Sep 9, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.