Instead of Goodreads
Track books, rate them and see what friends read.
Worth the work
BookWyrm does the tracking and the federation. Nobody you know is on it, which is the whole point of a social reading site.
You lose: The reviews, the shelves and the friend graph.
Start here
BookWyrm
Federated, so it can talk to other instances. Small, and the import from Goodreads is partial.
github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrmjoinbookwyrm.com
A database, object storage or mail config, plus backups.
Also worth a look
- Calibre-Web Automated
A library, not a social network. Tracks what you own, not what you read.
Facts checked 8 November 2026. Licences, activity and archive status come from each project's own repository; the verdict and the cost lines are the desk's.