Ubooquity

A free, lightweight home server for sharing and reading your comics and ebooks from any device.

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About Ubooquity

Ubooquity is a home server for a comics and ebooks library. It serves EPUB, CBZ, CBR and PDF files to a tablet, e-reader, phone or computer, and reads metadata from Calibre and ComicRack.

It runs on any system with Java, including desktop computers, servers and NAS devices. You can create user accounts, set access rights for each shared folder and protect connections with HTTPS using your own certificate. It is freeware rather than open source.

Strengths

  • Runs anywhere Java runs, including NAS devices
  • Reads Calibre and ComicRack metadata
  • Per-folder user access rights
  • HTTPS with your own certificate

Limitations

  • Closed source
  • Requires a Java runtime

Details

Pricing
FreeFree to download and use.
License
Proprietary
Developer
Vaemendis
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
How it runs
Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Account
Not required
Best suited for
Serving a home comics and ebook library to your own devices
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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  • Calibre-Web

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  • LANraragi

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