Calibre vs Calibre Web Automated

Both are self-hosted document management - e-books projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Calibre scores 95 against Calibre Web Automated's 78, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — Calibre Web Automated may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
CalibreCalibre Web Automated
Health score 95/100 78/100
Commits (11 mo) 2382 429
Commits (last 3 mo) 831 73
Stars 26k 6.3k
Latest release 18 Sept 2026 27 Sept 2026
Licence GPL-3.0 GPL-3.0
Built with Python, deb Docker
Typical RAM 2 GB 1 GB

Calibre

E-book library manager that can view, convert, and catalog e-books in most of the major e-book formats and provides a built-in Web server for remote clients.

95/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 37/40
Releases 25/25
Community 18/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 92% of tracked projects; popularity more than 90%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 112 commits 2025-11: 117 commits 2025-12: 291 commits 2026-01: 406 commits 2026-02: 151 commits 2026-03: 222 commits 2026-04: 118 commits 2026-05: 134 commits 2026-06: 289 commits 2026-07: 355 commits 2026-08: 187 commits

Calibre Web Automated

All-in-one solution, combining the modern lightweight web UI from Calibre-Web with the robust, versatile feature set of Calibre (fork of Calibre Web).

78/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 24/40
Releases 25/25
Community 14/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 60% of tracked projects; popularity more than 71%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 0 commits 2025-11: 0 commits 2025-12: 0 commits 2026-01: 250 commits 2026-02: 100 commits 2026-03: 3 commits 2026-04: 0 commits 2026-05: 3 commits 2026-06: 0 commits 2026-07: 9 commits 2026-08: 64 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted document management - e-books.