Light, opinionated web view for a Calibre library.

Anserno is designed to serve a read-only view of a Calibre library. That's it. If you want access controls, put it behind a proxy. If you want faster downloads, put it behind a CDN. If you want to read your ebooks, use calibre.

Either build directly via cargo:

cargo build --release

And serve a local library:

target/release/anserno --library-url file:///path/to/library

Or download a release and do the same:

curl --url https://github.com/zellio/anserno/releases/download/$VERSION/anserno-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --output anserno

chmod +x anserno

anserno --library-url file:///path/to/library

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/anserno. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The 3-Clause BSD License (BSD-3-Clause) Copyright (C) 2023-2025 Zachary Elliott <contact(at)zell.io>