>>nu11pt+75
https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new

> Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI"

> AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu

> AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally

>>pabs3+(OP)
I had to look into the changelog to see what they meant but it’s not too intrusive IMO [1]. That being said, I find it way easier using calibre-web-automated [2]. Everything is through a web server, has usual control, and syncs with Kobo. All it takes in one docker compose and you’re up in less than 10 minutes.

[1] https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new [2] https://github.com/crocodilestick/Calibre-Web-Automated

>>pabs3+(OP)
As best I can tell Goyal started adding AI-related code to Calibre back in August, merging the LLM tab work from https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/pull/2838, and created the chat widget in November with commit 41d0da4267dc6f7f7e48fb9bb7e8609a2e251cb7.

I looked at forking the project myself: the challenges are that it's a very quirky application, its design and implementation doesn't share conventions with any other application, and the build system is complex and unique to Calibre.

It's a shame there's no good open source ebook library application with a more conventional design. Shoving AI into everything, even when it defaults to "off" (for now), is getting old.