Bookshelf

Read your ebooks in a library you host yourself

By Murat Erkin Cicek

InstallOpens in your own Appflare
Stars
371
371 stars on the app's GitHub repository.
Installs
Under 10
Fewer than 10 Appflare users run this app, from anonymous usage data; smaller counts are not published.
Plan
Free
Runs on Cloudflare's free Workers plan.
License
MIT
An open-source license: you may use, change and share the app on its terms.
Version
Aug 26
Version 0.0.0-20260826.8888795.
Last tested
Oct 14
The catalog installed this version in a test account and it answered, on Oct 14, 2026.

About

A self-hosted alternative to Calibre-Web.

A library for the ebooks you own: read EPUBs and PDFs in the browser or on a Kobo over OPDS, served from your own R2 bucket.

Features

  • Read EPUB and PDF books in your browser
  • Search your book collection on a shelf with covers
  • Keep a separate reading position for each reader
  • Resume a book on another device when read only is off
  • Download books to e-readers through OPDS when access protection is off

Deploy Bookshelf on Cloudflare

  1. Step 1: Set up Appflare in your Cloudflare account

    Once

    Appflare installs itself into your own Cloudflare account from your browser, and runs on the free Workers plan, as Bookshelf does. See what Bookshelf needs on your account.

    Set up AppflareAlready have Appflare? Install Bookshelf

  2. Step 2: Install Bookshelf

    Bookshelf needs no keys or settings from you.

    It also has two optional settings you can leave for later.

    The form puts Bookshelf behind Cloudflare Access, so only the people who use your Appflare can open it. You can switch that off.

  3. Step 3: Finish setting it up

    After the install, Appflare shows two short steps for Bookshelf, on its page.

With Appflare instead of by hand

  • Nothing to build on your computerAppflare sets itself up from your browser, with no API token to create and nothing to install.
  • Updates in one clickAppflare tells you when the catalog has a new version, and Update installs it.
  • Health checksAfter every install and update, Appflare checks that the app answers.
  • It stays in your own accountEverything runs on your Cloudflare account and your plan, and Appflare records what it creates, so an uninstall removes it.

What it needs on your account

  • R2 storageThis app needs it

Questions

Does Bookshelf run on Cloudflare's free plan?

Yes. Bookshelf runs on Cloudflare's free Workers plan, and so does Appflare.

What does Bookshelf create in my Cloudflare account?

Appflare creates a Worker for Bookshelf and the resources it uses: R2 buckets. Appflare records each resource it creates; an uninstall deletes them, keeping any data you choose to keep.

How do I update Bookshelf?

When the catalog has a new version, Bookshelf's page in Appflare says Update available. Select Update: Appflare takes a snapshot first, so you can roll back to the version before. You can also let Appflare update it automatically.

Is Bookshelf open source?

Yes, under MIT. An open-source license: you may use, change and share the app on its terms. Its source code is at github.com/murerkinn/bookshelf.

Links

Packaged for the catalog by MendyLanda.

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