Project Concept

“Libria” – A Self-Hosted Digital Library Manager

Written in C# (.NET 9) on Ubuntu, using MySQL as the database, packaged with Docker.

It manages:

• PDF books
• EPUB books
• Images
• Audio files
• Any documents (docx, txt, etc.)

It’s a mix between “self-hosted Google Drive” + “Calibre Web” + “Jellyfin for documents”.

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Demo

How to install

1. git clone https://github.com/IcyDrae/Libria.git
2. cd Libria/
3. mkdir data
4. docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up --build or
5. docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up --build -d

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Architecture

Backend (C# / .NET 8)

• ASP.NET Core Web API
• Entity Framework Core → MySQL provider

• Local filesystem storage

Frontend

• Razor Pages

Database (MySQL)

• File
• FileMetadata
• FileTag
• Tag
• Collection

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File & Metadata Workflow

1. User uploads a file via UI.
2. File is stored to disk /data/library/...

3. Metadata inserted into MySQL.
4. UI shows library list and categories.

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Core Features

• Upload + organize all file types
• Collections, categorize your files in groups

• Reading/preview mode for PDFs + EPUBs
• Audio streaming for music/podcasts

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Deployment

• docker-compose.yml with:
  • app container
  • mysql container

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License

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3