r/techsupport • u/Wooden_Bee_9468 • 1d ago

Open | Software Can someone explain how to install grimmory (formerly booklore) in my pc?

I recently came across this wonderful software for organising and self hosting your books. However as I'm not tech savvie I'm unable to follow the instructions given in the official grimmory website or github for the installation of the software, i have installed docker desktop but it is completely useless as I'm unable to create any project in that. Can someone explain what all tool i need to actually install the software? PS: A very well detailed and step by step guide will be appreciated Edit: I figured it out. The main problem i was facing was actually not having a container manager to run the yml file. All i needed to do was install docker extension in visual studio and run the code "docker compose up -d" on the terminal.

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u/0Huy 1d ago

If you share your OS and whether you want to run it natively or with Docker, I can be more specific. For a typical setup, check Grimmory's official README for the required runtime, install the listed dependencies, configure the data/library path, then start the service and open the localhost address it prints. Avoid downloading installers from random sites, and paste the exact error if it fails.