Citadel
Productivity
ebook library manager
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How HN took it
21 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 50 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 9 for, 0 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Calibre-compatible design and lighter, cleaner UI than Calibre.
From 3 comments
Kudos on shipping your hobby project! Looks slick. And a calibre cli would definitely be appreciated -- I hate having to click five levels deep in a dozen menus :P If the…
ssivark on HNThis is great, thank you! I really love Calibre, but like you, I find the UI difficult. I will download and install today! Good luck!
codpiece on HNLooks great! Just last week I tried to use Calibre again and fell into the black hole that is its UI.. Thought of donating some UI/UX work but felt like that would be a…
spython on HN
Fast and promising compared to competitors.
From 1 comment
This thing is incredible. I tried a competitors app before using this and found that they were mostly going around in circles all day long. This actually looks like it has promise.
autotune on HN
Objections
Build issues on Linux at launch.
From 1 comment
Anyone else having trouble building and running it (Ubuntu 23.10)? > thread 'main' panicked at libcalibre/src/infrastructure/domain/book/repository.rs:20:62: called…
janice1999 on HN
Name may conflict with Citadel hedge fund.
From 1 comment
Cool project, and best of luck to you. However, you might want to rethink the name as Citadel is also an established company - a large hedge fund with deep pockets that's not…
hermitdev on HN
Requests
Kindle sync support.
From 1 comment
Looks super cool! What about kindle sync?
RamblingCTO on HN
Support for old Calibre plugins.
From 1 comment
Very cool project! I wish it would support old Calibre plugins though.
b8 on HN
Custom metadata and folder hierarchy support.
From 2 comments
Does this support custom metadata? For example I have a custom field I call "Folders" to hierarchically label/organize my eBooks. Would be nice to be able to browse through that…
mvelbaum on HNDo you plan to handle custom folder hierarchy?
poulpy123 on HN
Questions
Does it handle non-ASCII titles and DRM plugins?
From 1 comment
does it mangle japanese titles/authors by transcribing to pinyin chinese like calibre does? do the drm plugins work? might check it out and switch.
pooralaska on HN
Alternatives named
Calibre and Calibre Web.
From 3 comments
As an aside, some folks may ask "why write a new app instead of contributing to Calibre Web or a similar project?" It's a good question! Because I wanted to :) Right now, this is…
phildenhoff on HNLove the project. Calibre is absolutely an amazing tool, but it never really adapted into the whole self-hosted era. I really like the focus on maintaining compatibility with the…
pathartl on HNAwesome. I have been using calibre-web for many years, which (unlike Calibre) has a decent look and all the functionality I need.
romseb on HN