Self-Host Calibre-Web with Docker Compose
Calibre-Web is a clean web UI for your Calibre ebook library. Send books to Kindle devices with one click, edit metadata in-browser, and read online directly.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
version: '3.8'
services:
calibre-web:
image: linuxserver/calibre-web:latest
container_name: calibre-web
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8083:8083"
environment:
- NODE_ENV=production
- TZ=UTC
volumes:
- calibre-web_data:/data
volumes:
calibre-web_data:
driver: localdocker-compose.yml and run:
docker compose up -d
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