AnyLibrary

Free. Open source. No ads. No subscriptions.

AnyLibrary is a lightweight, self-hostable online book library built with PHP and vanilla JavaScript. Browse, read, and listen to books, manga, and audiobooks — anonymously or with an account. No tracking. No paywalls.

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Features

• Books — Millions of titles via the Open Library API (Internet Archive). No API key required.
• Manga — Thousands of series via MangaDex. Full chapter reading, tag filtering, RTL/LTR support.
• Audiobooks — Thousands of public-domain recordings via LibriVox. Full in-browser audio player.
• In-browser reader — Read books online with adjustable font size, font family, sepia/night/dark themes, and reading progress tracking.
• Import & Export — Import EPUB, PDF, MOBI, TXT, HTML, CBZ, and CBR files into your personal shelf. Export a manifest of your library.
• Printing — Print any book's detail page or reader content directly to PDF or paper via the browser print dialog.
• Favorites — Bookmark any title across all types.
• Reading history — Tracks your progress (% read, last position) per book, chapter, and audio track.
• No account required — All features work for anonymous guests via a persistent guest token stored in localStorage.
• Themes — Default, Midnight, Forest, Ember, and Paper (light) — plus reader-specific Sepia and AMOLED Night modes.
• Zero ads — AnyLibrary is and will always be ad-free and tracker-free.
• GPL-3.0 — Fully open source.

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Tech stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	PHP 8.1+, PDO/MySQL
Frontend	Vanilla JS (ES2022, no framework)
Styling	Pure CSS (custom properties)
Book data	Open Library REST API
Manga data	MangaDex REST API
Audiobooks	LibriVox REST API
Hosting	Any shared PHP host (e.g. InfinityFree, NearlyFreeSpeech)

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Self-hosting (quick start)

1. Clone the repo and upload files to your web server.
2. Copy includes/config.example.php to includes/config.php and fill in your database credentials and a random JWT_SECRET.
3. Import docs/schema.sql into your MySQL database.
4. Set permissions: storage/books/ directory must be writable by the web server (chmod 755).
5. Set the document root to the project root (or configure .htaccess accordingly).
6. Visit your site — it should work immediately.

See docs/INSTALL.md for the full step-by-step guide, including InfinityFree setup.

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Configuration reference

See includes/config.example.php for all options.

Constant	Default	Description
DB_HOST	localhost	MySQL host
DB_NAME	anylibrary	Database name
DB_USER	root	Database user
DB_PASS	(empty)	Database password
JWT_SECRET	(required)	Static random string for session signing
APP_URL	(required)	Full public URL, no trailing slash
MAX_IMPORT_MB	50	Max file size for book imports
IMPORT_STORAGE_PATH	storage/books/	Where imported files are stored on disk

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Project structure

AnyLibrary/
├── api/                   PHP API endpoints (JSON)
│   ├── auth.php
│   ├── browse.php
│   ├── detail.php
│   ├── favorites.php
│   ├── history.php
│   ├── home.php
│   ├── import.php
│   ├── manga.php
│   ├── search.php
│   └── trending.php
├── assets/
│   ├── css/               All stylesheets
│   ├── fonts/             Self-hosted WOFF2 fallbacks
│   ├── icons/             SVG sprite
│   ├── img/               Logos and placeholder art
│   └── js/                Vanilla JS modules
├── docs/
│   ├── schema.sql
│   ├── INSTALL.md
│   └── API.md
├── includes/              PHP shared includes
│   ├── auth.php
│   ├── bootstrap.php
│   ├── config.example.php
│   ├── db.php
│   ├── footer.php
│   ├── head.php
│   ├── nav.php
│   ├── openlibrary.php    Open Library + MangaDex + LibriVox wrappers
│   └── response.php
├── storage/books/         Uploaded book files (gitignored)
├── index.php              Homepage
├── browse.php
├── detail.php
├── reader.php
├── manga.php
├── audiobooks.php
├── trending.php
├── search.php
├── favorites.php
├── history.php
├── settings.php
├── login.php
├── register.php
└── 404.php

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Data sources & licensing

AnyLibrary does not host any copyrighted content.

Source	License / Notes
Open Library	CC0 / Open Data
MangaDex	Community-scanlated; see MangaDex ToS
LibriVox	Public domain recordings; CC0

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Contributing

Pull requests welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Issues: GitHub Issues

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License

GPL-3.0 — See LICENSE.

Copyright © 2026 SSMG4 & AnyLibrary Contributors.