Set Up User Login Calibre Server

In order to connect Thorium Reader with your Calibre catalog, you need to set up Calibre as a content server and then add it as an OPDS feed in Thorium Reader.

Firstly, open Calibre and go to the Preferences menu. Then, click on Sharing over the net. This will allow you to start the content server and get its address. The default port number is 8080, but if you want to use a different one, you can change it here.

Once you've started the content server, you'll see the address appear below. You can use this address followed by /opds to access your Calibre catalog in Thorium Reader. For example, if your address is 192.168.203.21 port 8080, the URL would be http://192.168.203.21:8080/opds.

In Thorium Reader, go to the Catalogs tab and click on the button + Add an OPDS feed. Enter a name for this catalog and paste in the Calibre content server address followed by /opds.

Note that if you have books or documents under private license, you should not expose them over the internet without authentication. You can require a username and password by ticking the box to Require username and password... in the User accounts tab.

For a quick setup, go to Preferences > Sharing over the net, then click on Start server.

Calibre has a built-in content server that delivers an OPDS feed, which we can use as a source catalog for Thorium Reader. This way, you can manage your personal catalog of EPUB and PDF files using Calibre, but read them on Thorium Reader.

Thorium Reader is less powerful for cataloging e-books, but it's largely better for reading them. Unfortunately, the e-book viewer integrated in Calibre is not the best on the market. It cannot process advanced EPUB 3 publications and has limited accessibility features.

On the other hand, Calibre is a long-standing open source e-book manager software that allows users to do nearly everything from content creation and conversion to reading and distributing e-books. OPDS stands for Open Publication Distribution System, which is an open and decentralized content distribution specification. Learn more about OPDS on the official website.

By setting up your Calibre server and adding it as an OPDS feed in Thorium Reader, you can easily manage your personal catalog of e-books using both software applications.

Set up user login calibre server