BiblioteQ is awesome, open library software. PostgreSQL and SQLite databases.

Please visit https://resources.kohasupport.com/z3950 for Z39.50 servers.

Features

• AMD, ARM, Alpha, Apple Silicon, PowerPC, Sparc architecture support.
• Administrator roles.
• Android!
• Animated confirmations, here and there. Future fun.
• Anti-censorship through digital content.
• Archive important documents.
• Bar scanners supported indirectly.
• Cataloging of books, dvds, grey literature, journals, magazines, music cds, photograph collections, and video games.
• Cover images with drag and drop support.
• Cover images with paste support.
• Customized displays.
• Customized item data, pricing information, and currencies.
• Documentation.
• Elaborate options. Many options. Very many.
• Embedded hyperlinks for localized searches of similar items.
• Exporting of views to CSV files.
• External applications.
• Files browser.
• Free and Open Source technology.
• FreeBSD, Linux, MacOS, OS/2, OpenBSD, PiOS, Windows.
• Front cover image retrieval via Amazon and Open Library.
• Importing of books from CSV files.
• Internationalization (translation) support.
  • Arabic
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Spanish
• Item file attachments.
• Item reservation.
• Listings of overdue items, requested items, and reserved items.
• MARC21 and UNIMARC record syntaxes.
• MacOS and Windows install targets: make install.
• Merging of SQLite databases.
• Multiple icon sets.
• Network-less!
• Open Library queries for select items.
• Optional item reservation histories for patrons.
• PDF reader via Poppler, where available.
• Parse local MARC tags. Books, journals, magazines.
• Patron information.
• Portable libraries.
• PostgreSQL accounts with various privileges.
• PostgreSQL and SQLite engines.
• PowerPC support.
• Print support, including previews.
• Qt LTS.
• Qt PDF.
• Raspberry Pi!
• Retain the privacy of your memories.
• Rich search capabilities, including custom SQL queries.
• Row-level security policies for PostgreSQL.
• SQL syntax highlighting with custom colors.
• Support for multiple SRU and Z39.50 sites.
• Support for requesting unavailable items.
• Tabbed item panels!
• Threaded data retrieval via the standard Z39.50 protocol for books, journals, and magazines.
• Transactional database queries.
• True PostgreSQL and SQLite pagination.
• Uniform functionality across various platforms.
• Windows portable.

Debian Installation

wget https://github.com/textbrowser/biblioteq/releases/download/2025.12.25/BiblioteQ-2025.12.25_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i BiblioteQ-2025.12.25_amd64.deb
sudo apt install -f