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Introducing a new open-source shadow library! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone! 📚 I’m excited to introduce Bookracy, an open-source shadow library dedicated to preserving and freely sharing knowledge. With a large and growing collection, Bookracy is (annoying) ad-free, non-profit, and lightning-fast ⚡—plus, it’s fully open-source and powered by a passionate community. Whether you're a reader, researcher, or developer, there’s a place for you here. Check out our Reddit, website, GitHub, and hop into our Discord to join the conversation and help grow this movement for open access! 🤝❤️

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

why github and not codeberg?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

project started a few months ago idk we started on github but I will host a repo on codeberg soon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Glad to see this initiative. A genuine question: isn't this redundant with Annas Archive?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

annas archive doesnt have fast downloads for free users - downloads take around a good 30 mins for a decently sized books

bookracy aims to fix this issue

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thx for clarifying! I usually don't notice that bc I always use the external downloads. It would be rly cool to see bookracy in the external downloads of Annas Archives then!

also pls keep your humour, it's funny to see the libs get mad bc they see a "Russian Federation" tag

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

lmaoo ty yeah i genuinely dont understand the hate 😭 yeah annas archive soon come 😊

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is there any Upside over NexusSTC?
Is it decentralised?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is there any Upside over NexusSTC? Is it decentralised? bookracy has faster and unlimited downloads, lack of popup/redirect ads, and a more active community. also from my knowledge NexusSTC is more academic content whereas bookracy has more of a range of content

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

also no Bookracy is not decentralised - it operates on centralized servers much like LibGen ect. This means that while it’s open-source and community-driven, our infrastructure still relies on traditional hosting, which can be vulnerable to takedowns or disruptions. However we've taken precautions for this and have a bulletproof proxy server which also caches inbetween the storage server and client

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Will you also share your collections via Torrents like LibGen and ZLib or contribute back to them?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yep im planning on setting up an ipfs node and torrents for our own collections are planned for the future

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If it's not decentralized then it's vulnerable to takedowns. Why not decentralize it?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Always excited to see a new project like this. I would def move away from reddit and Github. Both have a track record of going after piracy projects. Reddit used to be safe but they are going full hammer rn. Github seems to be fine unless its too obvious its piracy. Discord is still safe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ty for the support Discord is still risky and so is github so we are aiming to move soon.

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