Open Library

Name: Open Library
Rating: 3.5625 (109 reviews)
Author: Internet Archive

By: Internet Archive

Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

Features & Capabilities

Open Library is a comprehensive, open-source digital library catalog aiming to create a web page for every book ever published. This Chrome extension allows users to effortlessly read, borrow, and discover more than 3 million books for free. With its expansive editable catalog, Open Library empowers readers to access a diverse range of literature anytime, anywhere, fostering a global community of book lovers and knowledge seekers.

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4 Last updated: 2025-06-16

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Creation date:

2023-10-02

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Permissions:

android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk

Size:

309.48KB

Email:

op*****@archive.org

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Website ,Privacy policy

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Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

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# 148,688 ▲ 178

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Developed by:

Internet Archive

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openlibrary.testing.twa

Email:

op*****@archive.org

Website:

https://openlibrary.org

User Reviews

Open Library offers a vast, free catalog especially valuable for researchers, but the Android app is frequently unreliable, with login/token issues and a non-native webview experience that can feel cluttered and slow.

Pros

Huge, free collection of books, including many older titles.
Free-to-view documents and books make it valuable for researchers.
Widely regarded as a favorite library and generally pleasant to use when functioning.
Especially useful for genealogy/history researchers with many free resources.
Has shown noticeable improvement over the last year.

Cons

App often doesn't work or fails to open.
Login/token syncing issues between web and app; borrowed books may not be accessible in the app.
Not a native app; effectively a webview of the website, leading to slower, sometimes unreliable performance.
Cluttered UI and poor optimization on small screens.

Recent reviews

it is very very bad app because it's search button it not working and half of the books are not there I am not telling the ap bad but it's featuring it not good and some books have only 1-2 pages Thank you

Tu*****, 2026-05-18

Excellent place to find rare or otherwise books.

Mo*****, 2026-04-23

LOVE the idea behind this app, but after logging into my account it completely froze 😭 I tried several times to open it but was only met with a black screen.