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TECH Early signalEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

Self Hosted Library App

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builder post asking
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person asking
across 1 platform
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rivals shipping · web scan
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In their words

"I'm thinking to add libation as a headless downloader for my audiobooks" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

libation — "no shortcoming stated" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

self-hostedphone app for browsing and downloadingoffline access

Competitor pricing

Named rivals · prices not yet verified 🔒
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Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-06-27
⚠️ Established open-source player: shakogegia/xtlibre ⭐51 — A self-hosted companion app for Xteink and CrossPoint e-readers.
Competitor adoption · official registry · 2026-07-30
Calibre: 455,180 npm downloads/week

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
46 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
13d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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What the numbers suggest

Insufficient evidence to score — single-signal gap. We don't grade what we can't verify; the two facts below are all we know.
3 rivals shipping (fact bar) how verified → competition is thin; attack the weaknesses builders quote above.
1 signal (fact bar) see posttoo early to call it demand — watch, don't build yet.

Signal history

2 posts on record since May 2026 — not enough to plot a trend. We plot history once a gap has 3+ posts spanning 3+ weeks.

Evidence pool

2 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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