Bookpedia
Bookpedia is a macOS home library app for cataloging books, importing book details online, and organizing personal collections.
What is Bookpedia?
Bookpedia is a native macOS cataloging app for people who want to keep an organized record of the books they own, have read, or plan to buy. It helps users build a personal library database by searching online book sources and importing details such as title, author, publisher, and cover art. The app is designed for collectors, readers, teachers, and anyone managing more than a small shelf of books at home or work. Bookpedia also supports organizing entries into collections, folders, and smart groups so larger libraries stay easy to browse. Additional tools include barcode or webcam-assisted lookup, lending tracking, statistics, and export options for sharing lists or creating bibliographies. Bookpedia is published by Bruji and is focused on desktop library management workflows on Mac.
Key features
- Import book details from online book databases
- Organize titles into collections, folders, and smart collections
- Scan barcodes with a scanner or webcam to add books faster
- Track borrowed books and due dates
- Export library data for the web or bibliography use
- Attach files and cover images to book entries
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Bookpedia is standard library-management software for Mac. It stores your catalog data, cover images, and related settings locally, so the main practical concern is preserving your collection data before major cleanup, migration, or removal. Internet access is normal for fetching book information and cover art. If you use lending records or detailed notes, review what personal information you save in your library and keep regular backups of the database folder.
Recommendation: Keep Bookpedia if you use it to manage a book collection or reference an existing catalog. If you no longer use it, you can remove the app, but export or back up your library first so you do not lose catalog data, cover images, and lending history you may want later.
Common paths
/Applications/Bookpedia.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Bookpedia
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.bruji.bookpedia.plist
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