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zu1k/book-searcher

Easy and blazing-fast book searcher, create and search your private library. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/zu1k/book-searcher · TypeScript · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

63/100

  • Activity 70
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 98

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1378
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 180
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6307 stars · 311 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Book Searcher is a fast self-hosted book metadata search tool that can index over 10 million books in a minute and return searches in microseconds. It ships as a desktop app, CLI binary, and Docker service with a web UI and search API.

Use cases

  • search my private library of book metadata
  • self-host a fast book search engine
  • index millions of books from csv metadata
  • run a local book search web ui
  • deploy a book searcher with docker
  • query book metadata by title author or isbn

When to choose

  • you have book metadata (csv) and want instant local search
  • you want a self-hosted alternative without relying on external services
  • you need both desktop and server deployment options

When to avoid

  • you want to download or read full book files, not just search metadata
  • you need a managed cloud service with no setup
  • your dataset is small enough for a simple database query

Facets

application · maturity active

search-engine http-server cli gui self-hosted developer-tools files windows self-hosted cli book-search full-text-search private-library tantivy webui ebooks search macos linux docker web-server desktop

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
zu1k/book-searchermain63

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="zu1k/book-searcher")

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