# standardebooks/tools

The Standard Ebooks toolset for producing our ebook files.

Repository: https://github.com/standardebooks/tools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/standardebooks-tools
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ebook, python, epub, epub3
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:33:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4174, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1661, forks 155 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.501609+00:00)

## What it is
The Standard Ebooks toolset, a Python-based collection of command-line tools for producing, processing, and building EPUB3 ebook files. Installing it provides the `se` executable with subcommands for ebook setup, text processing, validation, and builds.

## Use cases
- build epub files from plain text sources
- validate and lint epub3 ebooks
- set up a new ebook project from a template
- process and clean up transcribed public domain texts
- automate ebook production pipelines
- run accessibility checks on epubs

## When to choose
- you produce or maintain EPUB3 ebooks, especially following Standard Ebooks conventions
- you need reproducible command-line ebook build and validation tooling
- you contribute to or volunteer with Standard Ebooks

## When to avoid
- you want a GUI ebook editor like Calibre or Sigil
- you need to convert arbitrary formats to/from epub rather than produce carefully hand-crafted epubs
- you need DRM or commercial ebook distribution features

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, build-tool, templating, pdf
- domain: developer-tools, files, documentation
- platform: python, cli
- tags: epub, epub3, ebook-production, text-processing, publishing, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- standardebooks/tools (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.501609+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 2026-08-30T03:44:38.783327+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/standardebooks/tools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.501609+00:00, sha 78c1b60c9924)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.