# zu1k/book-searcher

Easy and blazing-fast book searcher, create and search your private library.

Repository: https://github.com/zu1k/book-searcher
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/book-searcher
Language: TypeScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-03-06T05:02:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 35, longevity 98
- inputs: {"age_days": 1378, "days_push": 180, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6307, forks 311 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:41.639078+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, http-server, cli, gui
- domain: self-hosted, developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, self-hosted, cli
- tags: book-search, full-text-search, private-library, tantivy, webui, ebooks, search, macos, linux, docker, web-server, desktop

## Member repositories
- zu1k/book-searcher (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.639078+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:46:13.920198+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zu1k/book-searcher (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.639078+00:00, sha 20ee6385f3e5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.