# Calibre

Calibre is the e-book library manager behind Calibre-Web. It manages metadata, formats, and conversions for the library that Calibre-Web serves.

**Host:** Dankserver (library directory on host) — **Docs:** https://calibre-ebook.com

## Role in this stack

Calibre itself is a desktop/GUI application, not a container service. This stack runs **Calibre-Web** in a container and points it at an existing Calibre library directory on the Dankserver host.

## Library Directory

The user will enter the existing Calibre library path during Calibre-Web setup. The convention in this repo:

| Purpose | Host path (convention) |
|---------|------------------------|
| Calibre library | `/opt/calibre-web/books` (bind-mounted to `/books` in the container) |

## What the container needs

- Read/write access to the library directory (Calibre-Web edits metadata through the app).
- Ownership matching `PUID=1000` / `PGID=1000` (the `dank` user on Dankserver).

## See Also

- [[Calibre-Web]] — the containerized frontend
- [[Dankserver Stack]]