LazyLibrarian Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy LazyLibrarian hosting and keep a wanted list of the authors, books and magazines you follow on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned LazyLibrarian 2026.09.19 image as a single container with an embedded SQLite database, generates the web username and password, mounts persistent config, downloads and books volumes, and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes.

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What is LazyLibrarian?

LazyLibrarian is a program to follow authors and grab metadata for all your digital reading needs. It uses a combination of Hardcover, OpenLibrary, LibraryThing and Goodreads, and optionally Google Books, as sources for author and book information.

You list all of an author's books and mark ebooks or audiobooks as wanted. LazyLibrarian then searches for an NZB file, torrent or magnet link and, if one is found, sends it to a download client or saves it where your client can pick it up. It is released under the GNU GPL v3.

From Sign-Up to a Live Library Manager In Just 3 Easy Steps

A LazyLibrarian install normally means a container, three volumes, a web login, a domain and a certificate before the first author is added. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick LazyLibrarian from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then set the web username, the web password (generated if you leave it empty) and the timezone.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the LinuxServer.io LazyLibrarian image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no database sidecar, mount the lazylibrarian_config, lazylibrarian_downloads and lazylibrarian_books volumes, write your web login into its settings on first start, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Add Your First Author
Open your HTTPS LazyLibrarian URL and sign in with the username and password on the installation credentials card (the first start takes about a minute). Under Config, add a download client, your indexers and a metadata source, then add your first author or book.

Everything LazyLibrarian Does, On Your Own Server

LazyLibrarian runs in full here: a book, audiobook and magazine tracker on your own domain, with its settings, database and library on volumes you own.

Authors, Series And Wanted Lists
Find authors, list all of their books and mark ebooks or audiobooks as wanted, so the app knows what to go and look for.
Your Download Clients
A match is sent to a download client you connect: SABnzbd, NZBGet, Deluge, Transmission, uTorrent, qBittorrent, rTorrent or Synology Download Station, or saved to a black hole folder your client watches.
Magazines As Well As Books
LazyLibrarian can also search for and download magazines and monitor for new issues.
Metadata And Cover Art
Finished books are processed with a cover picture, when available, and their metadata saved in a Calibre-compatible metadata.opf next to the book file.
Calibre Import And AutoAdd
Import an existing Calibre library (Calibre itself is optional), or use the AutoAdd feature for book tools that need a flattened directory structure.
Works On Smaller Screens
The web interface theme can be used from devices with a smaller screen, such as a tablet.

Everything You Need To Run Your Book Manager 24/7

Managed hosting for LazyLibrarian, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

LazyLibrarian 2026.09.19 deployed instantly
Image pinned by immutable digest
Web sign-in generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With LazyLibrarian

Follow authors and series
Add the authors you read and keep a wanted list of their ebooks and audiobooks in one place.
Keep up with magazines
Track the magazines you follow and monitor for new issues alongside your books.
Hand matches to your own download clients
Connect your own download clients and indexers or torrent sites under Config, and let LazyLibrarian pass matches along.
Grow a library you can move
Imported books land in a dedicated books volume on your server, with metadata saved next to each file, so the library is yours to copy elsewhere.

LazyLibrarian vs Alternatives

Calibre: An ebook library manager. LazyLibrarian can import an existing Calibre library and has an AutoAdd feature for Calibre, per its upstream README; Calibre is optional.
Audiobookshelf: A self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with multi-user streaming and mobile clients. xCloud also offers it as a OneClick app.
Kavita: A self-hosted reading server for manga, comics and ebooks with web readers and reading lists. xCloud also offers it as a OneClick app.
Goodreads: A hosted book-tracking service. Upstream notes LazyLibrarian used Goodreads for author and book information, and that its API has been shut down, so Hardcover and OpenLibrary are suggested instead.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for LazyLibrarian hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if LazyLibrarian sits alongside other media tools.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. LazyLibrarian itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How do I sign in?

Use the username and password on the installation credentials card; the browser asks for them. The password is generated if you leave it empty at install.

Does it download books by itself?

No. LazyLibrarian does not download anything on its own. Add your own download client and indexers or torrent sites under Config first, then choose a metadata source.

What runs alongside LazyLibrarian?

Nothing. It is one container with an embedded SQLite database, so there is no database sidecar to maintain.

Is the web interface protected?

Yes. A generated username and password are written into the app's settings on first start, so the interface is not open to visitors. The QA run confirmed that requests with no credentials or wrong credentials are rejected, including after a restart.

Are the API and RSS feed protected by the sign-in?

No. The API stays off until you enable it, and the API and RSS endpoints are not covered by the web sign-in, so leave them disabled unless you need them.

How do I change the login later?

Under Config > Web Server in LazyLibrarian. The install-time username and password are only written to the settings file on the first start with an empty config volume, so editing them afterwards has no effect.

Where is the password stored?

In plain text in the app's config.ini on the server volume, and it is echoed in the container logs at start (upstream behaviour). Only the server owner can read them.

What should I back up?

All three volumes together: lazylibrarian_config (settings, SQLite database, logs), lazylibrarian_downloads (completed downloads before import) and lazylibrarian_books (the imported library). Stop the container first.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Settings, the database, downloads and the library, because they are persistent named volumes that survive an xCloud Restart.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update LazyLibrarian?

No. The template pins LazyLibrarian 2026.09.19 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 130-150 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, which leaves headroom above that baseline for the library and downloads volumes.

Is xCloud officially partnered with LazyLibrarian?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the LazyLibrarian project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source LazyLibrarian project.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.