Jelu
Self-hosted read and to-read list book tracker
Alternative to: goodreads, librarything, storygraph
Jelu is a self-hosted personal book tracker that acts as a private alternative to Goodreads, letting you record what you've read, are reading, and want to read next. It imports history from Goodreads exports or ISBN lists, auto-fetches metadata and covers from providers such as Google Books and OpenLibrary, and supports tagging, reviews, multi-user access and ISBN scanning. All data lives in a single-file database you fully control.
Jelu Docker Compose example
Self-host Jelu on your own server, homelab, or VPS starting from this Docker Compose example.
It runs Jelu in Docker containers using the official wabayang/jelu:latest image, with persistent volumes and automatic restarts preconfigured.
Review the environment variables and adjust them to your setup, save the file as compose.yml (or docker-compose.yml), and start the stack with docker compose up -d.
services:
jelu:
image: wabayang/jelu:latest
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
- config:/config
- database:/database
- images:/files/images
- imports:/files/imports
environment:
# Timezone used for dates and scheduled tasks (IANA name, e.g. "Europe/Paris").
TZ: "UTC"
volumes:
config:
database:
images:
imports:Prefer a managed setup? WinterFlow installs, configures, and updates Jelu for you using this same Docker Compose configuration.