A library among friends.
Catalogue your books. See your friends library. Lend within your circle, not to strangers.
Your shelves, digitally cataloged.
Organise books into private, friends-only, or public libraries. Add by ISBN scan or search — covers, authors, and synopses fill themselves in. Your shelves become a record of who you are as a reader.
Lending without the awkwardness.
Friends request a book, you approve, you hand it over. Track who has what, see when it's due back, and never wonder again where your Lord of the Rings copy went.
Street Libraries, Integrated.
Have your own library, but also a Street-side Library? Simply create a second library, and manage which books are where. You can also setup a QR code for public visibility of each.
Hosted online, by your donations.
As a completely free online library, we rely entirely on the generosity of readers like you to keep our doors open. Thank you for being part of what we do — your support means the world to us and helps ensure that knowledge stays free and accessible for everyone.
A few libraries to peek at.
Get the App
Install The Humble Library on your phone for one-tap access, offline reading, and a home-screen icon.
- Tap the Share button at the bottom of Safari (square with an upward arrow)
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen
- Tap Add in the top-right corner
- Tap the menu (three dots, top-right)
- Tap Install app or Add to Home screen
- Confirm by tapping Install
iOS only allows apps to be installed from Safari. Open this page in Safari, then come back to this button to see the step-by-step.
Open your browser's menu and look for Install app or Add to Home Screen.