EPUBShelf 2.0.0 [A light novel library manager]


Organise your EPUB library by series.


A desktop application for managing a large EPUB collection — automatic metadata
extraction, cover art pulled from inside each book, reading progress tracking,
and search. Built for people with more books than shelf space.




What's new in 2.0.0


Volume cover preview. Hover a volume thumbnail — or tab to it — and the
full-size cover floats above the list. The thumbnails are 42×63 px, too small to
tell one volume from another; this shows the real artwork without leaving the
page. Each cover keeps its own proportions, and Esc dismisses it.


Bandua Studio branding. New loading screen, and the About dialog was rebuilt
with the studio identity, social profiles, and support links with
copy-to-clipboard.




Downloads


| File | Platform | Size |
|---|---|---|
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0.AppImage | Linux x86-64 (any distro) | 102.2 MiB |
| epub-shelf_2.0.0_amd64.deb | Linux amd64 (Debian/Ubuntu) | 71.0 MiB |
| EPUBShelf-Setup-2.0.0.exe | Windows x64 — installer | 74.8 MiB |
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0.exe | Windows x64 — portable, no install | 74.5 MiB |
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0-arm64.dmg | macOS 10.15+ — **Apple silicon only** | 90.8 MiB |
| README.md | Documentation | 11 KB |

Linux (AppImage): chmod +x EPUBShelf-2.0.0.AppImage then run it.


Note on architecture: every build is 64-bit. The Linux builds are
x86-64, the Windows builds are x64, and the macOS build is arm64 only — it
will not run on an Intel Mac, and there is no Intel build.




⚠️ These builds are not code-signed


No code signing certificates are used — they cost more per year than this
project will ever earn. The applications are safe, but your OS cannot verify
that on its own, so both Windows and macOS will warn you on first launch.


This is normal for unsigned open-source software, and the warnings are one-time.


Windows — SmartScreen


On first launch Windows may show "Windows protected your PC" with an unknown
publisher.


Click "More info"
Click "Run anyway"


Antivirus false positives are also more common with unsigned executables. The
portable EPUBShelf-2.0.0.exe is the simplest route — it needs no installer
and raises no installer-level warnings.


macOS — Gatekeeper


The .dmg is arm64 only and will not run on Intel Macs. The app is
unsigned and not notarized, so macOS blocks it with one of:


"EPUBShelf cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified."
"EPUBShelf is damaged and can't be opened." — misleading; the download is
 fine, Gatekeeper simply cannot verify it.


Fix, no Terminal:


Drag the app to /Applications
Right-click (or Control-click) the app → Open → Open again


On macOS 15 Sequoia and later: double-click once, then go to
System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click "Open
Anyway".


Fix, with Terminal — clears the quarantine flag:


xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/EPUBShelf.app"


Either way it is a one-time confirmation per install; afterwards it launches
by double-click.




✅ Scanned by 60+ antivirus engines — nothing found


Every build in this torrent was submitted to VirusTotal and scanned by more
than 60 engines. None of them flagged anything — zero malicious, zero
suspicious:


| File | Engines | Result |
|---|---|---|
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0.AppImage | 63 | clean |
| epub-shelf_2.0.0_amd64.deb | 59 | clean |
| EPUBShelf-Setup-2.0.0.exe | 67 | clean |
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0.exe | 67 | clean |
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0-arm64.dmg | 61 | clean |

The reports are public — check them yourself:


AppImage
.deb
Windows installer
Windows portable
macOS


Verify the files yourself


A scan is a snapshot; a checksum proves the file you downloaded is the one
that was scanned. Compare what you get against these:


| File | SHA-256 |
|---|---|
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0.AppImage | a6fe9e01ab727fcc4a11318dbc60d25ae51b3ed0cd474e59c89e778e6c15a450 |
| epub-shelf_2.0.0_amd64.deb | 4dc72467978498357856d587a8b2dde3f66426c7f22180b001c11d0ed0e69b5c |
| EPUBShelf-Setup-2.0.0.exe | 1fdb50117f2d8b480db34edddf5ad954a1f4b0cf3a719933de66e0be933686aa |
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0.exe | b0df0fdd0fee2b9f6a9e09ffa650cd21e20d2bfc64d5d09b79d555300fd660a4 |
| EPUBShelf-2.0.0-arm64.dmg | 33f743c782e57e5a026e86b5a58d71764849f4acd65d6d3a9ed7162211039e37 |

# Linux / macOS
sha256sum EPUBShelf-2.0.0.AppImage

# Windows (PowerShell)
Get-FileHash .\EPUBShelf-Setup-2.0.0.exe -Algorithm SHA256




Features


Recursive EPUB scanner — index an entire folder tree, cached so the second
 scan is instant
Series detection — volumes grouped automatically, with covers and metadata
 read from inside each EPUB
Reading progress — per-volume read / unread / pending, persisted locally
Search — Ctrl+K across titles and authors
Sorting — by name, reading progress, or last updated
Dark & light themes
Statistics — library overview, state breakdown, and 30-day activity


Everything runs on your machine. No account, no cloud, no telemetry.




Screenshots








Links


Source & releases: https://github.com/ribaudequin/epub-library-manager
Issues: https://github.com/ribaudequin/epub-library-manager/issues
Licence: MIT




Support


EPUBShelf is free and open source. If it is useful to you, you can support the
work:


Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/A0383T5
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/banduastudio


Cryptocurrency — the ETH address accepts any EVM-compatible chain:


| Coin | Address |
|---|---|
| ETH | 0x466f0c3ee495a3dc851fafa5c4720ab2fdcd4af4 |
| SOL | Hnw5z47sk1hS6FsnCLfgX8pZhDryQVnZpzWJjSSRV5Nf |



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