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

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81 points hmkoyan | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 19:28 UTC | HN request time: 1.904s | 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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egonschiele ◴[18 Jul 25 22:55 UTC] No.44610695[source]▶
This is awesome. Exactly the sort of thing I like to see on HN: someone going deep on a niche they really care about. The app is more polished than I expected.

The design is nice and clean. I really appreciate dark mode as well, though some of the text on this page, for example https://app.librari.io/subscription looks like it needs to be tweaked for dark mode.

I would genuinely use this, as I don't always like the public aspect of Goodreads, but it would depend on your pricing structure and privacy policy.

Feature request: bulk import of books.

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1. hmkoyan ◴[19 Jul 25 08:13 UTC] No.44613570[source]▶
Thank you for your comment. The text on the dark mode page at https://app.librari.io/subscription should now be fixed. Thank you for pointing that out.

I plan to suggest a freemium tier and two affordable paid plans. However, as it's still in beta, it's a bit soon to provide any specifics, to be honest — I still need to figure those out, too!

Regarding the bulk import, yes, that's in my backlog and will start working on that soon.