Once Ubooquity is running, go to the administration page on http://YOUR_IP:2203/adminand choose an administration password. For security reasons, the administration is only reachable from the device Ubooquity is running on. To allow access from a remote computer, use the --remoteadminoption.
How do I run ubooquity from a remote computer?
Once Ubooquity is running, go to the administration page on http://YOUR_IP:2203/adminand choose an administration password. For security reasons, the administration is only reachable from the device Ubooquity is running on. To allow access from a remote computer, use the --remoteadminoption.
What is ubooquity and how does it work?
Metadata from library management software Calibre and ComicRack are also supported. Ubooquity can be installed on any OS supporting Java (Windows, Linux, Mac OS...) and on a wide range of hardware (desktop computer, server, NAS...). Ubooquity lets you create user accounts and set access rights for each shared folder.
How do I share files in ubooquity?
Once Ubooquity is running, go to the administration page on http://YOUR_IP:2203/admin and choose an administration password. Now, add the directories you want to share (comics, ebooks or other types of files) in the appropriate sections of the administration page.
Can I move ubooquity to another device?
As long as Ubooquity is not running, you can move its folder anywhere you want on your device. Ubooquity has all it needs in its own folder. By default, the admin page cannot be reached from another machine. You must activate the “Allow remote administration” option (either in the desktop interface or using command line options) to do that.
Versatile
Ubooquity supports many types of files, with a preference for ePUB, CBZ, CBR and PDF files. Metadata from library management software Calibre and ComicRack are also supported.
Secure
Ubooquity lets you create user accounts and set access rights for each shared folder. Connections can be protected (HTTPS) using your own certificate.
How to access Ubooquity from another device?
To access Ubooquity from another device (from your local network or from the Internet), don’t forget to properly configure your firewall and/or router. If you ever need to reset your administrator password, just delete the webadmin.cred file in the Ubooquity folder.
Can you move ubooquity folders?
In case you prefer to learn as you go, here are a few useful tips to get you started: As long as Ubooquity is not running, you can move its folder anywhere you want on your device. Ubooquity has all it needs in its own folder.
Can you use Ubooquity on a desktop?
Ubooquity can be deployed in a few minutes on any desktop computer (Windows, Linux or MacOS). As Ubooquity does not modify any file outside of its own directory, you can easily try it out this way before installing it elsewhere.
Change log
new option to bypass Calibre individual book folders (try it if you share a Calibre library)
Change log
fixed a bug preventing bookmark saving on Ubooquity server for PDF files shared in the "books" section
Change log
Fixed crash at startup on platform where JavaFX library is not available
New features and improvements
New internal HTTP server: NanoHTTPD has been replaced by Jetty. This should fix issues related to HTTP headers and connections.
Bug fixes
Fixed a bug that prevented the fonts used by the online Epub reader from being properly extracted during Ubooquity startup.