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Show HN: I built library management app for those who outgrew spreadsheets

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78 points hmkoyan | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 19:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source

I've been working on librari.io for the past several months and just launched the beta version.

The Problem: I have 500+ books across multiple rooms in my house and was desperately looking for an app to manage them properly. Most library management apps are either too basic or designed for institutional libraries with rigid workflows that don't fit personal use.

What I Built:

- Multiple libraries: manage collections in different locations

- Location tracking - remember exactly which shelf each book is on

- Loan management - track books you've lent to friends

- Custom fields & tags - store any additional book info the way YOU think about them

- Reading progress tracking - dates, duration, personal ratings

- Modern UI/UX - clean & actually enjoyable to use

Current Status:

- Beta version live

- Working on improving the responsiveness of the app and addressing initial user feedback

Would love feedback! Especially curious about:

- What features would make YOU actually use a library management app?

- UI/UX feedback always welcome

- Any book collectors here who'd be interested in beta testing?

Looking forward to your thoughts! Thank you in advance.

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unavoidable ◴[18 Jul 25 20:24 UTC] No.44609400[source]▶
The problem with library apps isn't really the app. It's trivially easy to spin up a database with all the necessary fields. The real problem with library apps (or systems) is having to actually manage/index/code/scan the books, which is a pain.
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1. gxs ◴[18 Jul 25 20:54 UTC] No.44609725[source]▶
Yeah exactly, what would be awesome is an app that lets you take a picture of your book shelf and captures every book title (and author if possible)

And then after that step it could maybe build a small library with a nice, compact ui automatically