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.