BookLore is a self-hosted web app for organizing and managing your personal book collection. It provides an intuitive interface to browse, read, and track your progress across PDFs and eBooks. With robust metadata management, multi-user support, and a sleek, modern UI, BookLore makes it easy to build and explore your personal library. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install BookLore on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest BookLore 0.15.0 release.

• STEP 1

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• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it booklore. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 4

Now create three new folders inside the booklore folder that you have previously created at STEP 3 and name them books, data, db. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 5

Populate the books folder that you have previously created at STEP 4 with your CBZ, CBR, PDF, EPUB files.

• STEP 6

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 7

In the Name field type in booklore. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  mariadb:
    image: mariadb:11.4-noble #LTS Long Time Support Until May 29, 2029.
    container_name: BookLore-DB
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    hostname: booklore-db
    environment:
      MARIADB_DATABASE: booklore
      MARIADB_USER: bookloreuser
      MARIADB_PASSWORD: booklorepass
      MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpass
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/booklore/db:/var/lib/mysql:rw
    restart: on-failure:5
    
  booklore:
    image: ghcr.io/adityachandelgit/booklore-app:latest
    container_name: BookLore
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z 127.0.0.1 6060 || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    environment:
      PUID: 1026
      PGID: 100
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
      DATABASE_URL: jdbc:mariadb://mariadb:3306/booklore
      DATABASE_USERNAME: bookloreuser
      DATABASE_PASSWORD: booklorepass
    depends_on:
      mariadb:
        condition: service_started
    ports:
      - 6060:6060
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/booklore/data:/app/data:rw
      - /volume1/docker/booklore/books:/books:rw
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for PUID and PGID with your own values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.)

• STEP 8

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

• STEP 9

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 10

🟢Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 11

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:6060 If everything goes right, you will see the BookLore Registration page. Type in your own details, then click Create Admin Account. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

Type in your own Username and Password that you have previously added at STEP 11. Click Login. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

Click Add a Library. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Type in a name for the library, select the automatic library management, then click Next. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 15

Click Add book folders. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 16

From the list, select /books then click Select. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 17

Click Select. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 18

Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 19

Wait a few minutes. Your files that you have previously uploaded at STEP 5 will be processed.

• STEP 20

You can also upload new books using the upload icon through the BookLore interface. All the files will be automatically uploaded in the books folder that you have previously created at STEP 4, and automatically processed if you have selected the automatic library management option at STEP 14. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy BookLore!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: If you want to run the BookLore container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make BookLore work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
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This post was updated on Sunday / June 1st, 2025 at 11:31 PM