KOReader - Hackdot

Re:KOReader by nickzelei on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @09:08AM (#49097037)

I finally installed this on my Kobo Libra 2. The UX is clunky but overall it works great. Very fast. Don’t need KEPUBS anymore as epubs render just as fast, where as that’s not the case on the stock software.

I finally got around to installing it as I got an xteink x3 and wanted to have cross device syncing back to my Grimmory server. Works great with OPDS and KOSync.

Although I miss using the native kobo sync where I could just add a book to my virtual shelf and have it auto sync to my device. OPDS seems very rudimentary in comparison, but it works nonetheless.

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Re:KOReader by reinhardt1053 on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @09:14AM (#49097091)

What's the advantage of Grimmory over Booklore?

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Re:KOReader by imnotjames on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @12:00PM (#49099221)

Booklore maintenance stopped a while ago. Grimmory maintenance continues. The original author of Booklore has seemingly moved on to a new project.

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Re:KOReader by TaLiTr on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @09:36AM (#49097345)

Have people moved on from Calibre?

I've been slowly spinning up self-hosted services and Calibre was on my TODO. I haven't even heard of Booklore.

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Re:KOReader by wing-_-nuts on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @10:24AM (#49097949)

I'm wondering this too. I also thought about setting up calibre as I own a ton of drm free books and while the calibre reader itself is nice (the viewer is all I mainly use), sometimes I do find myself wanting to read on my phone while at a dr appointment or whatever

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Re:KOReader by paintballboi07 on Thursday July 30, 2026 @09:02AM (#49109428)

I tried both Grimmory (current booklore) and Calibre Web Automated, and I prefer the latter. You can also add Shelfmark to CWA to download books.

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