# kevinhendricks/KindleUnpack

python based software to unpack Amazon / Kindlegen generated ebooks

Repository: https://github.com/kevinhendricks/KindleUnpack
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kindleunpack
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-05-21T16:45:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4341, "days_push": 104, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1097, forks 112 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:34.734086+00:00)

## What it is
A Python-based tool that unpacks non-DRM Amazon Kindle and MobiPocket ebooks into their component parts, such as HTML, images, PDFs, or epub-like structures. It offers both a GUI (KindleUnpack.pyw) and a command-line interface for extracting and converting ebook formats.

## Use cases
- unpack a kindle mobi ebook into html and images
- convert azw3 kf8 ebook to epub-like structure
- extract original pdf from kindle print replica book
- split combination mobi into older mobi and kf8 parts
- recover source files from a kindlegen generated ebook for editing in sigil
- extract high resolution images from a kindle book

## When to choose
- you need to unpack non-DRM Kindle/MobiPocket ebooks into editable components
- you want to recover HTML, images, or PDF from a Kindle ebook
- you need to convert KF8/azw3 content into an epub-like structure for Sigil or Calibre editing

## When to avoid
- the ebook is DRM-protected, as this tool does not remove DRM
- you need a full-featured ebook converter rather than an unpacker
- you require support for very recent proprietary Kindle KFX formats

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, file-system, pdf
- domain: files, pdf, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: ebook, kindle, mobi, azw3, epub, drm-free, gui

## Member repositories
- kevinhendricks/KindleUnpack (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.734086+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 2026-08-30T06:46:35.719096+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kevinhendricks/KindleUnpack (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.734086+00:00, sha 66dd826cfdbd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.