Bookwyrm
Social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.
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Still maintained? Yes: 346 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.9.4 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Goodreads.
At a glance
Bookwyrm quick facts
- Health score
- 84/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,808
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.9.4, Oct 2026
- Licence
- ⊘ Proprietary
Top alternatives to Bookwyrm
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Federation allows BookWyrm users to join small, trusted communities that can connect with one another, and with other ActivityPub services like Mastodon and Pleroma."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Bookwyrm scores 84/100, #11 of 16 in Document Management - E-books: 346 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.9.4, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,808 stars add 13.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
346 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.9.4 released yesterday
- Stars 13.8 / 20
2.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 346
- Last 90 days
- 1,486
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 16 tools in Document Management - E-books by health , between Bindery (#10) and Stump (#12) .
Details
| Licence | ⊘ Proprietary |
| Platforms | Python |
| Latest release | v0.9.4 · yesterday |
| Stars | 2,808 |
| Open issues | 395 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm ↗ |
Bookwyrm vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Bookwyrm (Document Management - E-books), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kavita | 96 | 12k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Calibre | 88 | 26k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| BookLogr | 87 | 637 | Apache-2.0 | 18 days ago |
| Calibre Web | 87 | 18k | GPL-3.0 | 20 days ago |
| Bookwyrm (this tool) | 84 | 2.8k | ⊘ Proprietary | yesterday |
| Inkheart | 72 | 23 | Apache-2.0 | 7 days ago |
Bookwyrm: common questions
What does Bookwyrm replace?
Repoly lists Bookwyrm as an open-source alternative to Goodreads. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Bookwyrm stands against the others.
Is Bookwyrm still maintained?
Bookwyrm had 346 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.9.4, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.