bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm
Social reading and reviewing, decentralized with ActivityPub observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 81
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
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: 48.5
- age_days: 2410
- days_rel: 44
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
2773 stars · 329 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
BookWyrm is a self-hostable, decentralized social network for tracking reading, writing book reviews, and discovering books, built on the ActivityPub federation protocol. It lets communities run their own instances that interoperate with other BookWyrm instances and ActivityPub services like Mastodon and Pleroma.
Use cases
- track books i'm reading and set reading goals
- self-host a goodreads alternative for my book club
- write and share book reviews on the fediverse
- run a federated book community that connects with mastodon
- create shared reading lists with friends
- follow friends' reading activity across instances
When to choose
- you want a decentralized, community-run alternative to GoodReads
- you need ActivityPub federation with Mastodon and other fediverse services
- you want to host a small, trusted reading community with granular privacy controls
- you value human-curated book recommendations over algorithmic ones
When to avoid
- you need a centralized service with a large existing user base
- you primarily want a book metadata catalog or data source rather than a social network
- you need a mobile-first native app experience
- you cannot operate a Python/Django web server instance
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework self-hosted search-engine social-media web-development self-hosted python self-hosted activitypub fediverse social-reading book-tracking federation goodreads-alternative mastodon books web-server docker
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm · fetched 2026-08-28 · da88948cf2f2
- homepage: http://joinbookwyrm.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 184287296939
- site_page: https://docs.joinbookwyrm.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · ae32114c4b35
- site_page: https://docs.joinbookwyrm.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · ae32114c4b35
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm | main | 93 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm")
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