KOReader Reading-Stats Sync For Self-Hosted Ebook Libraries
BookOrbit, a self-hostable book and library manager with Kobo support, drew 1,093 GitHub stars and a 60-comment thread asking it to ingest KOReader reading statistics, plus requests to ignore backward progress updates and fix sessions that fail to populate stats. Readers who left Goodreads and Kindle want their own analytics from the e-ink devices they actually read on. The wedge is a reliable reading-stats sync and analytics layer between KOReader and self-hosted libraries, the feature the community keeps asking for and no tool nails.
Problem Statement
A reader tracks every session in KOReader on a jailbroken Kindle but their self-hosted library shows empty analytics because reading sessions do not populate statistics, and progress jumps backward when a device re-syncs an older position. The reading data exists on the device, yet no self-hosted tool reliably pulls it into a personal history, so readers either accept Goodreads tracking or lose their stats entirely.
The Idea
A reading-statistics sync and analytics layer that reliably ingests KOReader data into self-hosted ebook libraries so readers own their reading history.
Why Now
Privacy-minded readers are leaving Goodreads and Amazon's reading graph, and KOReader on Kobo and Kindle has become the power-reader default, so the 2026 demand is to capture stats from those devices into a personal library. BookOrbit's most-discussed issue being a KOReader statistics request shows the analytics layer, not catalog management, is what readers now want.
Target User
Self-hosting readers using KOReader on Kobo or Kindle who want private reading analytics
Target Market
Self-hosted ebook library and reading-analytics software
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