purplecandy/calibre-zen v0.5.0 on GitHub

Calibre Zen 0.5.0, on calibre 9.18.0.

A new web app for your library. Open your server's address on a phone or another computer to browse, read and edit your books.

What changed

Added

A new web app. Your server's address now opens it. Browse, search, filter and sort your books in a grid or a list, and switch between libraries.
Read in the browser. Continue reading sits at the top of the sidebar. Keep books on a device to read them offline.
Edit from the browser. Change any field, the cover or the formats. Add books by upload, delete them, or copy and move them to another library. Data files and notes are there too.
Search inside books and convert them. Each has its own page. Your settings are saved on the server, so they follow you to every device you sign in on.
Works offline. The library and its covers stay on your device, and the app opens in the view you left it in.
calibre's web app is one click away. The new app's menu opens it, and a button on calibre's home screen brings you back. To keep calibre's app at the server's address, untick the new box in Preferences → Sharing over the net. On Docker, set CALIBRE_ZEN_WEB_HOME=calibre.
A card for books without a cover. The cover grid shows the title and author in place of an empty space.

Changed

On macOS, a book opened from Finder, Spotlight or Open With opens in Zen's reader, even with calibre installed. The editor works the same way. (#39)
calibre's reader in the browser has the same look as the desktop reader.
Links in the app now go to calibrezen.com.

Fixed

The update link no longer offers Calibre Zen 0.0.0. (#28)
Books without a cover show the ring when you select or point at them in the cover grid. (#29)
Text in the cover grid is easy to read in light schemes.
Past searches under the search box have a background, so they stand out from the window. (#44)

From calibre 9.16 to 9.18

Natural voices for Read aloud. The new Kokoro voices sound much closer to a person reading.
Reading progress syncs with KOReader through your server.
Search only the current chapter in the reader.
A new Accessibility tool in the book editor sets image descriptions and languages, and checks for problems.
Faster in big libraries, and many fixes for converting PDF, EPUB, DOCX and more.

calibre's own release notes have the full list.

The packages are calibre's own 9.18.0 builds with Calibre Zen's Python laid over them. Nothing is recompiled.

Windows. calibre-zen-0.5.0-windows-x64.msi installs and upgrades in place. calibre-zen-portable-installer-0.5.0.exe upgrades a Calibre Zen Portable folder and keeps its library. Unsigned, so SmartScreen warns on first run: More info, then Run anyway.
macOS. calibre-zen-0.5.0-macos.dmg, universal, signed and notarized. Drag Calibre Zen to Applications.
Linux. calibre-zen-0.5.0-linux-x86_64.txz or -arm64.txz. Unpack anywhere and run calibre-zen/calibre-zen. Or the Flatpak, calibre-zen-0.5.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak or its arm64 twin.
Docker. ghcr.io/purplecandy/calibre-zen:0.5.0, also tagged latest.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. latest.json is the feed the update check reads.