Re:Show HN: I built library management app for those who out...
by hmkoyan on Saturday July 19, 2025 @03:30AM
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Thank you for the comment. librari.io already uses OpenLibrary for metadata enrichment, but I'll definitely check out the others too.
I'll definitely check out Colibri — thank you for sharing!
If I may, I would suggest adding support for ingesting data from open sources, for example OpenLibrary, WikiData, the LoC API, and a bunch of others. Since you’re building a for-profit project, you can probably also tap the billed services to get high-quality metadata. But even with OpenLibrary alone, you have access to a treasure trove of information that spares users from having to type off things from their books. That allows for bulk import, high-res covers, and so on.
I’m currently working on the metadata reconciliation engine in Colibri, so feel free to check out the source every once in a while.