How to Install Calibre Web on Windows 10

Calibre Web is a web-based interface for the popular e-book manager Calibre. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install Calibre Web on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure you have the following:

  • A Windows 10 machine
  • A working installation of Python 3
  • A web browser
  • An internet connection

Steps

  1. First, install Git for Windows from git-scm.com. Select the 64-bit version if you’re running a 64-bit version of Windows.

  2. Next, open a command prompt or PowerShell window. You can do this by pressing the Windows key, typing “cmd” or “PowerShell,” and selecting the appropriate option.

  3. In the command prompt or PowerShell window, navigate to a folder where you want to install Calibre Web. For example, to navigate to the Downloads folder, type cd Downloads.

  4. Once you’re in the correct folder, type git clone https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web.git and press Enter. This will download the Calibre Web files from GitHub.

  5. After the download is complete, navigate into the calibre-web folder by typing cd calibre-web.

  6. Now, you need to install the required Python modules. Type pip install -r requirements.txt and press Enter. This will install all the required modules.

  7. Once the installation is complete, you can run Calibre Web by typing python cps.py. This will start the server and you should see a message telling you that the server is running.

  8. Finally, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8083 to access your Calibre Web installation.

Conclusion

That’s it! You’ve successfully installed Calibre Web on your Windows 10 machine. You can now start adding your e-books and accessing them from anywhere via the web interface.