Gutendex

High-speed JSON web API for discovering and querying 70,000+ Project Gutenberg ebooks.

391 Stars91 ForksPython / DjangoRelease: v1.0.0

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Tool Overview

Gutendex is a public-domain search API that indexes Project Gutenberg's catalog of over 70,000 free e-books. It provides blazing-fast filtered searches by author, title, topic, language, and Gutenberg ID, returning download URLs for EPUB, Kindle, and plain text formats.

System Requirements: Python 3.9+, PostgreSQL, or Docker runtime

Key Capabilities & Features

Full-text and metadata search across 70,000+ public domain works

Filter by author, language, subject, copyright status, and format

Direct download links to EPUB, Kindle MOBI, HTML, and UTF-8 plain text

Fully cacheable JSON responses designed for app builders and research crawlers

Self-hostable via Docker Compose with automated PostgreSQL synchronization

Package Manager & CLI Installation

Install and update Gutendex using your preferred operating system package manager or container runtime:

$ docker run -p 8000:8000 garethbjohnson/gutendex

$ docker pull garethbjohnson/gutendex

Verified Official Release Downloads

v1.0.0

All binaries are sourced directly from the official developer release assets without re-packaging or modifications.

Source Code ZIPVerified

gutendex-v1.0.0-source.zip

Size: GitHub Archive

Download Source

Client-Side SHA-256 Binary Integrity Verifier

100% Client-Side. Verified locally in your browser using the Web Crypto API. No files are uploaded.

Drag & drop downloaded binary here, or browse file

Computes SHA-256 hash in real-time to guarantee file authenticity against developer releases.

Security Verification Status: Verified Open-Source API

Downloads link directly to the official GitHub releases hosted by garethbjohnson/gutendex. Files are checked for authentic digital developer signatures and verified against open-source repository tags.

Latest Release Changelog (v1.0.0)

Official release v1.0.0 published by garethbjohnson/gutendex.

Specifications & Compatibility

Supported Ebook Formats

EPUBPDFMOBITXTHTML

Supported Operating Systems

LinuxDockermacOSWindows

Primary LanguagePython / Django

Software LicenseMIT

Official Repositorygarethbjohnson/gutendex

Last Checked & Verified2026-11-08 04:48:53 UTC

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