calibre
From public sourcescalibre is a free, cross-platform desktop ebook manager that views, converts, edits and catalogs e-books and syncs them with e-reader devices.
Overview
- calibre
- ebook
- ebook-formats
- ebook-manager
- ebook-reader
- ebooks
- epub
- epub-generation
- kindle
- linux
- macos
- windows
Installation
Commands are shown, never run by the marketplace. Check them against the official documentation.- Official websiteFrom public sourcesfrom catalog metadatacalibre-ebook.com/ ↗
- Official release filesFrom public sourcesfrom the latest official releasegithub.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/releases/tag/v9.17.0 ↗
- Language package registrypythonFrom public sourcesfrom the package manifest — publication on the registry is not verified
pipx install calibreNot verified: check that this package in the registry belongs to this project before installing.
pypi.org/project/calibre/ ↗ - Build from sourceFrom public sourcesfrom catalog metadata
Build from source: no validated build recipe — follow the repository instructions.
github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre ↗
Compatibility
Unknown means no evidence was found — not that the product is incompatible.| Platform | Status | Architecture | Evidence | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Compatible | — | official build in release v9.17.0: calibre-64bit-9.17.0.msi | 0.60 |
| macOS | Compatible | — | official build in release v9.17.0: calibre-9.17.0.dmg | 0.60 |
| Linux | Compatible | — | Declared on the card | — |
| Python | Compatible | — | package manifest: pyproject.toml name | 0.60 |
Releases
checked Oct 29, 2026Files in 9.17.0
| File | Platform | Size | SHA-256 | Download from the official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| calibre-64bit-9.17.0.msi | windows · msi | 229.1 MB | a91ea9b26af6… | Official source ↗ |
| calibre-9.17.0.dmg | macos · dmg | 341.2 MB | fdab4bd14009… | Official source ↗ |
| calibre-9.17.0.tar.xz | Unknown | 48.3 MB | 07507ea8ace5… | Official source ↗ |
| calibre-portable-installer-9.17.0.exe | windows · exe | 208.2 MB | a8477b961ef3… | Official source ↗ |
| calibre-9.17.0-arm64.txz | other | 179.3 MB | 3c72bb26196f… | Official source ↗ |
| calibre-9.17.0-x86_64.txz | other | 192.3 MB | 953e4512a648… | Official source ↗ |
Release history
- v9.16.0Oct 9, 2026Official source ↗
- v9.15.0Sep 18, 2026Official source ↗
- v9.14.0Aug 28, 2026Official source ↗
- v9.13.0Aug 7, 2026Official source ↗
- v9.12.0Jul 31, 2026Official source ↗
- v9.11.0Jul 3, 2026Official source ↗
- v9.10.0Jun 26, 2026Official source ↗
Quality profile
algorithm quality-v1.0 · assessed Oct 15, 2026Score components
License
GPL-3.0This is the catalog policy status, not legal advice.
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From kovidgoyal/calibre · license GPL-3.0 · fetched Oct 29, 2026calibre
calibre is an e-book manager. It can view, convert, edit and catalog e-books in all of the major e-book formats. It can also talk to e-book reader devices. It can go out to the internet and fetch metadata for your books. It can download newspapers and convert them into e-books for convenient reading. It is cross platform, running on Linux, Windows and macOS.
For more information, see the calibre About page.
Screenshots
Usage
See the User Manual.
Development
Setting up a development environment for calibre.
A tarball of the source code for the current calibre release.
Bugs
Bug reports and feature requests should be made in the calibre bug tracker at Launchpad. GitHub is only used for code hosting and pull requests.
Support calibre
calibre is a result of the efforts of many volunteers from all over the world. If you find it useful, please consider contributing to support its development. Donate to support calibre development.
Building calibre binaries
See Build instructions for instructions on how to build the calibre binaries and installers for all the platforms calibre supports.