analogj/quietthyme-plugin-build repository overview

This is an open source device driver plugin + web server for Calibre.

⁠Features:

• It allows you to connect many of the most common cloud storage providers (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.)
• Clouds are connected as a device drives in Calibre (manage them as you would books on your eReader/iPad)
• Automatically creates a web accessible OPDS server (you don't have to keep your computer on to run Calibre Content Server, or open ports on your router to access your library)
• There's no limit to how many books you can store (you're only limited by your aggregate dropbox/google drive storage space)

⁠Screenshots

Here's a quick gif of what you can do with the QuietThyme plugin for Calibre

⁠Storage Providers:

Here's a list of the storage providers that I currently have support for:

• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• OneDrive (SkyDrive)
• Box

Here's a list of storage providers I want to add support for if there's enough appeal:

• iCloud
• Bittorrent Sync
• OwnCloud

⁠Installation

First you'll need to download the latest packaged version of quiethyme_plugin.zip from the plugin Github repository: https://github.com/AnalogJ/quietthyme.plugin/releases⁠

Once you've done that, you'll need to add the plugin to Calibre.

• Open up Calibre
• Go to the Preferences menu
• Under Advanced, click Plugins
• click Load Plugin from file
• Select the quietthyme_plugin.zip that you downloaded from Github
• Back on the Plugins page, click Show only user installed plugins
• Expand Device interface plugins
• Click Customize plugin
• Check Beta Mode
• Wait for page to reload
• Login to QuietThyme
• Once you've logged in, you can hit OK
• Close all windows and restart Calibre

Here's a quick gif showing all the steps above. 

Now that you've done that, you can re-open Calibre, and you'll see the QuietThyme storage drives available as new devices.

Now you can add books to QuietThyme via Calibre⁠.

⁠Usage Instructions

With QuietThyme installed, you'll see a few extra menu items. It is incredibly simple to store your books in your cloud storage.

• Right click on any book in your library and select "Send to device"
• Send to "Main Memory"
• On your OPDS compatible ebook reader, open up your Catalog URL
• You should see your new book available for download with all its metadata and cover art.

⁠Requests:

• I need developers who are willing to be beta testers for the plugin. Once we've ironed out any bugs I've missed I'll repost to the plugins forumn.
• I'm trying to figure out how to customize the UI to display custom icons and labels for the Card and Device buttons, I couldnt really figure out how to do that from the device driver api. Any help here would be appreciated.

• I'm trying to gauge interest in the plugin and see if there's other storage providers I should support. If you have any storage requests, please leave a comment.

Please share this with any developers you think might be interested in beta testing or contributing. The plugin and webserver are both open source, and I would appreciate any help :)

-Jason