GitHub - Benexl/lib-x: Posix script to browse your calibre library from the terminal(fzf) or app launcher(rofi)

A TUI wrapper over the calibredb

Installation

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Benexl/lib-x/refs/heads/master/lib-x -o ~/.local/bin/lib-x && chmod +x ~/.local/bin/lib-x

Dependencies

Required:

• calibre - for the database
• jq- to pass the json data
• fzf - for the main ui

optional:

• yazi - better file explorer
• gum - for an even better ui

Usage

# launch the ui
lib-x 

# edit your config
lib-x -e

# search for a specific book with calibre search syntax
lib-x --search tag:programming

Other Terminal Browsers I Made

yt-x - browse youtube and other yt-dlp sites from the terminal

fastanime - browse anime from the terminal

Receiving Support

You can find me here incase you need any help setting it up or just want to hang with the community.

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