ShelfGarden

ShelfGarden turns your Mac into a calm, private home library for the books you own.

It is built for readers, collectors, families, students, and anyone who wants more than a plain file folder of EPUBs and PDFs. Keep a beautiful catalog of ebooks, PDFs, MOBI files, scanned books, and even paper books that do not have a digital file yet.

Organize Your Owned Books

- Add EPUB, PDF, and MOBI files to a managed local library

- Create book entries for paper books and offline collections

- Track title, author, ISBN, language, category, reading status, and notes

- Use shelves, tags, languages, categories, and filters to find the right book quickly

- Mark missing files without losing your catalog or reading history

Reader Profiles For Home Libraries

ShelfGarden supports multiple reader profiles, so one library can serve a household. Each reader can keep their own progress, status, bookmarks, reading sessions, and stats.

Reading Progress And Stats

Track time spent reading, pages viewed, books started, books finished, recent sessions, and per-book reading history. Stats are designed around real reading sessions so your library history can grow over time.

Built For Local-First Ownership

ShelfGarden is designed for a portable library package. Your catalog, covers, profiles, bookmarks, progress, and stats live locally. Book files can be managed inside the library or referenced from your Mac, with a path toward future export, import, and sync through folders you control.

Reader Tools

- EPUB reader with paging, font-size control, and line-break cleanup

- PDF reader with single-page and two-page spread modes

- Right-to-left reading options for manga and Japanese books

- Zoom and pan tools for scanned PDFs

- Bookmarks that belong to the active reader profile

- Cover placeholders and custom cover images for a beautiful shelf view

ShelfGarden does not import DRM-protected Kindle or Apple Books purchases. It is made for DRM-free ebooks, PDFs, documents, and your own physical library metadata.

Build a library that feels like yours: organized, private, portable, and ready for years of reading.