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

submitted 18 hours 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] 37 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Bit gross that it's a RU domain though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Why?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

You really have to ask?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like the GitHub also has its location set to Russian Federation too. 👀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

lmaoo that was just for jokes - most of us are from western countries

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Saw some good engineering textbooks on there too. Great job.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 17 hours ago

🖖 ty

[–] [email protected] 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Based. I'll check it out and see if I can be of help on the development front. Been meaning to learn typescript

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

tysm we've got alot on the roadmap and are in need of devs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Is there any Upside over NexusSTC?
Is it decentralised?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours 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] 3 points 16 hours 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] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours 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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