Bookwyrm
Social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 83% of tracked projects; popularity more than 56%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2.8k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v0.9.3 · 9 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | ⊘ Proprietary |
| Built with | Python |
Is Bookwyrm actively maintained?
Bookwyrm is under active development: 1258 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 166 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 111% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v0.9.3, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 16 projects we track in Document Management - E-books, Bookwyrm ranks #2 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Bookwyrm actually does
Bookwyrm is a self-hosted platform designed for managing e-books, tracking reading habits, writing reviews, and discussing literature within a social network. It helps users catalogue their personal libraries and share reading progress with others.
Best fit: This is a good fit for individuals or small reading groups who want to manage their book collections and reviews outside of commercial platforms.
Worth knowing: The software is distributed under a proprietary licence rather than an open-source one, which may restrict how you can modify or redistribute the code.
Deployment notes
As a Python application, it will typically require a persistent database for data storage and a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination in a production environment.
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