# evan-buss/openbooks

Search and Download eBooks

Repository: https://github.com/evan-buss/openbooks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openbooks
Homepage: https://evan-buss.github.io/openbooks/
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: openbooks, irc, irchighway, ebooks, self-hosted, react, go, golang
Last push: 2025-04-24T13:32:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 31/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 18, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2667, "days_push": 496, "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 2402, forks 81 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:43.878706+00:00)

## What it is
OpenBooks is a self-hosted application for searching and downloading eBooks from the IRC Highway network, available as a web app (Go server with React frontend) or a CLI tool. It simplifies IRC/DCC-based book downloads behind a friendly interface and ships as a binary or Docker container.

## Use cases
- search and download ebooks from irchighway
- self-host an ebook downloader with a web ui
- download books from irc without an irc client
- run an ebook search server in docker
- cli tool to fetch ebooks from irc highway

## When to choose
- you want a simple web or CLI interface to IRC Highway ebook downloads
- you prefer a self-hosted Docker deployment with persistent book storage
- you want to avoid manually using an IRC client and DCC transfers

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose ebook library manager or metadata editor
- you want downloads from sources other than IRC Highway
- you need a hosted service with no self-hosting involved

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, http-server, cli, web-scraping
- domain: self-hosted, files, web-development
- platform: windows, self-hosted, go, browser
- tags: ebooks, irc, irchighway, dcc, ebook-downloader, react-spa, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- evan-buss/openbooks (main) score 31

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.878706+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 2026-08-30T02:34:13.041846+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/evan-buss/openbooks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.878706+00:00, sha 2c7ab6083f26)
  - homepage: https://evan-buss.github.io/openbooks/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:14:36.393776+00:00, sha ed72823a078c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.