Calibre Library
A Raycast extension for Calibre — search your ebook library and add new books, without leaving the keyboard.
Commands
Search Calibre
Browse and search your entire Calibre library by title or author. Select a book to see its cover, metadata, and available formats in the detail panel.
Actions:
- Open in Calibre — opens Calibre and navigates directly to the book
- Open File Directly (
⌘O) — opens the best available format in its default app - Show Synopsis (
⌘S) — displays the book description - Copy Title & Author (
⌘C) - Show in Finder (
⌘⇧F)
Add to Calibre Library
Scan configured folders for ebook files and add them to your Calibre library with one keystroke. Displays cover thumbnails (extracted from EPUB files; Quick Look previews for PDF and others) alongside format, size, and modification date.
Actions:
- Add to Calibre Library — adds the book via
calibredb; if Calibre is already open, hands off to the running instance automatically - Show in Finder (
⌘F)
Requirements
- Calibre installed at
/Applications/calibre.app - Raycast 1.50+
Configuration
Open Raycast Settings → Extensions → Calibre Library to configure:
| Preference | Description |
|---|---|
| Library Path | Path to your Calibre library folder (the one containing metadata.db) |
| Add books | Primary folder to scan for ebook files (default: ~/Downloads) |
| Add books (optional) | Additional folders to scan (up to 2 extra) |
Supported Formats
EPUB · MOBI · PDF · AZW · AZW3 · KEPUB · LIT · DJVU
Installation
This extension is not yet published to the Raycast Store. To install manually:
git clone https://github.com/BrunoMiguelMonteiro/calibre-raycast.git
cd calibre-raycast
npm install
npm run dev
Then import the extension from Raycast's extension settings.
