shelfab

A local first EPUB library manager with StoryGraph sync, web searched cover art, and automatic series grouping. Metadata edits are written back into the files themselves.

Shelfab is an EPUB library manager built around StoryGraph sync, cover art, and automatic series grouping. The README frames it as modern and local first, aimed at readers who want their StoryGraph library in sync and their metadata handled with less effort. It is positioned against tools it calls powerful but clunky, with a stated goal of feeling native and elegant instead. The word elegant shows up repeatedly in the description, and it is clearly a deliberate part of the identity.

Metadata management edits titles, authors, series info, and descriptions. Shelfab then updates and refactors the EPUB files internally, so the accurate metadata lives in the files themselves and the library stays consistent without manual bookkeeping.

Cover art searches the web for high resolution artwork inside the app, or accepts custom covers. Automatic series grouping pulls series information and groups related books in an animated timeline, which turns a flat library into something organized by hand.

StoryGraph integration syncs reading progress and the managed library, and the README calls it the standout integration. It is the feature that gives the tool a reason to exist beyond plain file management. Syncing reading progress ties the library to where you actually are in each book.

Privacy is stated plainly: the StoryGraph username and library data never leave the machine. Combined with the GPLv3 license, the privacy claim is the project's way of distinguishing itself from hosted library services.

• Source 1 · Project repository
• Source 2 · README