Calibre-Web-NextGen

Why the fork exists

Calibre-Web NextGen is a community continuation of Calibre-Web-Automated. The README explains that the upstream project had an open pull request queue with community submitted bug fixes that were not in the latest published image, and this build picks the safe ones and iterates quickly. Switching from upstream is a one line image change from crocodilestick/calibre-web-automated to ghcr.io/new-usemame/calibre-web-nextgen, and the project states that library, settings, users, OAuth tokens and KOReader sync state are preserved, with reverting being the reverse change.

What is included

The project ships as a container on ghcr.io and provides step by step install guides for Synology, Unraid, Portainer and TrueNAS SCALE, plus a general guide, for users who run Docker through a NAS or GUI rather than a terminal. A project wiki covers installation, configuration, KOReader and Kobo sync, and troubleshooting. There is an AI_README written for an AI assistant to follow and hand back a working setup, and a docs/AI-USAGE page describing how AI was used to develop the fork, noting it is used in development not in the software users run.

Project posture

The fork is sponsor funded with nothing paywalled, and it is licensed GPL-3.0. The README documents migrating from upstream CWA and from stock Calibre-Web, coexisting with a Calibre desktop install, and supporting Calibre plugins including DeDRM. It also covers network shares over NFS, SMB and ZFS, reverse proxy with a prefix and through a Cloudflare Tunnel, a Hardcover metadata provider, and KOReader and Kobo sync. Feature requests are explicitly welcomed even when half formed, to help prioritize work.

Editorial conclusion

Calibre-Web NextGen is GPL-3.0 licensed and reported one hundred ninety seven stars at indexing, distributed as a ghcr.io container with NAS and GUI install guides.