OpenBooks

A self-hosted ebook search and download tool. Connects to irc.irchighway.net to search and download ebooks through a clean web UI.

What You Can Do After Deployment

Visit your domain to access the search interface. Search for books by title or author and download them directly.

Search: Enter a book title or author name. OpenBooks queries IRC Highway and returns available results within seconds.

Download: Click any result to start downloading. Files are saved to the /books volume and can be downloaded from the web interface.

Persist downloads: Enable the --persist flag to keep all downloaded books on disk for later access.

Browser-based: No client software needed. Access from any device with a web browser.

Password: Set via the PASSWORD environment variable for basic auth protection
Base path: Set BASE_PATH if hosting behind a reverse proxy at a subpath (e.g., /openbooks/)
Book storage: Downloaded books are stored in the /books volume

MIT — GitHub