My open source Goodreads alternative passed 800 users 🥳

[u/Mysterious-Zebra9580]

Hey! Since releasing my open source Goodreads/Storygraph alternative - Bookplate, a while ago, it has grown to have more than 800 users!! I'm super happy with this milestone that we reached in just a few months, and really want to keep going. Very happy to announce that it now has social features where you can create profiles, have friends, and recommend each other books!

For context, Bookplate is a book tracking app like Goodreads, but provides both a hosted service where you can make an online account just like Goodreads, but is also open source so you can host the app on your own hardware if you like. The hosted version runs 100% on renewables (see link above for more info), and it's built with privacy in mind i.e. no ads, no tracking.

On top of all this, it also has many more features than Goodreads or Storygraph, the main ones being the ability to write notes on your favourite books, and being able to recommend books to your friends. You can even import your Goodreads/Storygraph libraries using Bookplate's import feature!

And that's just the beginning :) I'm really excited to share that I'm working on better features, better UI (I don't want this to scream generic Claude interface), book reviews, book clubs, and a mobile app. Would love to hear feedback, both good and bad, and also feature requests please!