Scrapes content from Goodreads and presents the results without any of the bloat.
Inspired by Nitter, libremdb and other open source alternative front-end projects.
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- No ads - simple. We don't show ads.
- No tracking or data collection - no personal information is ever collected. Tracking cookies are not used.
- No sign-up required - use BiblioReads without signing up for an account and never deal with those annoying sign-up popups.
- All requests are proxied - your requests are never directly made to Goodreads
- Lightweight
- Modern Design - responsive design with built-in light & dark mode support
- PWA Support - installable as a PWA on desktop and mobile
If you'd like to add your instance to the list, please open an issue or pull request using the New Instance
template.
Note: If you collect any user data from your instance please set the applicable environment variables (an example can be found in .env.local.example
).
Use LibRedirect to automatically redirect Goodreads links to BiblioReads.
There is a userscript to redirect Goodreads links to BiblioReads. The userscript can be found here.
You can use the Redirector extension to redirect Goodreads links to BiblioReads with the configuration below (Note: You can replace biblioreads.eu.org
with any instance URL):
- Description: Goodreads to BiblioReads Pages
- Example URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5907.The_Hobbit
- Include pattern:
^(?:https?://)www\.goodreads\.com/(book|work|author|series|quotes|list)(.*)
- Redirect to:
https://biblioreads.eu.org/$1$2
- Pattern type: Regular Expression
- Pattern Description: Redirects all supported Goodreads URLs to BiblioReads
- Advanced options:
- Apply to:
- Main window (address bar)
- Apply to:
- Description: Goodreads to BiblioReads Search Page - Rule 1
- Example URL: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=the+hobbit&qid=
- Include pattern:
^https:\/\/www\.goodreads\.com\/search\?q=(.*)$
- Redirect to:
https://biblioreads.eu.org/search/$1
- Pattern type: Regular Expression
- Pattern Description: Redirects all Goodreads search page URLs to BiblioReads
- Advanced options:
- Apply to:
- Main window (address bar)
- Apply to:
- Description: Goodreads to BiblioReads Search Page - Rule 2
- Example URL: https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=the+hobbit&search_type=books
- Include pattern:
^https:\/\/www\.goodreads\.com\/search\?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=(.*)$
- Redirect to:
https://biblioreads.eu.org/search/$1
- Pattern type: Regular Expression
- Pattern Description: Redirects all Goodreads search page URLs to BiblioReads
- Advanced options:
- Apply to:
- Main window (address bar)
- Apply to:
There are two ways you can use BiblioReads:
- Visit biblioreads.eu.org (or another instance) and paste the Goodreads book URL into the input box or search for a book using the input box.
- Replace the
https://www.goodreads.com
of any book page URL withhttps://biblioreads.eu.org
(or another instance URL). For example: www.goodreads.com/book/show/5907.The_Hobbit to biblioreads.eu.org/book/show/5907.The_Hobbit.
Since Goodreads stopped issuing new developer keys for their public developer API back in December of 2020 and plans to retire the current version of their API which you can learn more about here. BiblioReads goes to the Goodreads book page and scrapes the required content.
The "Biblio" in BiblioReads comes from the prefix biblio- meaning book and "Reads" comes from the ending of Goodreads which is what this website is an alternative front-end for.
Nothing. Since we don't collect any user data, we can't use any user data.
When you make a request for a book on BiblioReads, your request needs to be first scraped by the scraper from Goodreads before the result can be shown to you. This causes a delay from when you make the request to when the result is shown.
If you have a certain feature that you would like to see, feel free to open an issue on GitHub or Codeberg.
Comparing BiblioReads to Goodreads
The Hunger Games Book Page (Tested on Chrome v108, without scroll, no throttling, cache disabled)
Performance | BiblioReads | Goodreads |
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Request Count | 45 | +190 |
Data Transferred | 137 kB | +24.8 MB |
DOMContentLoaded: | 191ms | 1.79s |
Finish Time: | 3.27s | 9.26s |
Goodreads collects information about your device and uses tracking cookies for advertising among other reasons, this can be found in their privacy policy. Blacklight found 16 ad trackers and 40 third-party cookies.
- See what cookies and trackers Goodreads uses: https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=www.goodreads.com
- See what cookies and trackers BiblioReads uses: https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=biblioreads.eu.org
Prerequisites:
- Clone the Git Repository
git clone https://github.com/nesaku/BiblioReads.git
cd BiblioReads
- Install & Start The Project
npm install
npm run start
# or
yarn install
yarn start
docker run -d \
--name biblioreads \
-p 3000:3000 \
--restart unless-stopped \
nesaku/biblioreads:latest
- Download (or copy)
docker-compose.yml
from the repository - Edit the default environment variables with your variables (Optional)
- Run the command
docker-compose up -d
Visit the Docker Image Repo for more information.
- Cheerio
- DOMPurify
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- idb
- next-pwa
- next-themes
To run the development server:
git clone https://github.com/nesaku/BiblioReads.git
cd BiblioReads
# then
npm install
npm run dev
# or
yarn install
yarn dev
โ If you want to use the API directly or run any kind of automation. Please host the project on your own server.
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Licensed under the GNU AGPLv3. Please see LICENSE.txt for more information.
BiblioReads does not host any content. All content on BiblioReads is sourced from Goodreads. BiblioReads is not affiliated with Goodreads. Goodreads is a trademark of Amazon Technologies, Inc.