Public Demo
The Public Demo at demo.shishobooks.com is a read-only Shisho instance with a small library of freely redistributable ebooks, audiobooks, and comics. Use it to see what a deployed Shisho looks like before you install anything. When you are ready to run your own, continue to Getting Started.
Sign In
Every visitor shares one account:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Username | demo |
| Password | shishodemo |
The sign-in page pre-fills both fields; select Sign in. The demo runs on a small server that suspends when nobody is using it, so the first page load after a quiet period can take a few seconds.
What Works
- Browse the library by series, author, genre, tag, and publisher, and search books, series, and people from the header.
- Read EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, CBZ, and PDF files in the in-app readers and listen to M4B audiobooks with the player. See Reading and Playback.
- Change the gallery size, default sort, and reader preferences. The demo keeps them in your browser, so they do not affect other visitors.
What Is Disabled
The demo runs with Demo Mode on, which rejects every change on the server, so nothing you do can affect the library or the next visitor. The sign-in page and a banner across the app and readers identify it. The shared demo account has the Viewer role, so most editing controls are hidden, as they are for any read-only role. The demo also hides download buttons, administration, and security settings, and the list Share dialog shows a notice instead of its user picker. Most remaining controls that would make a change show This action is unavailable in the demo.
- Editing books, files, metadata, series, and lists, including cover uploads, rescans, and deletion.
- Sharing a list with other users.
- Downloading files: the original, KePub, supplement, and bulk download controls are hidden, and direct original, KePub, and bulk download links are also blocked.
- Administration: libraries, users, roles, plugins, and security settings.
- Integrations: OPDS, Kobo Sync, the eReader Browser, and Share Links are not available.
- Account changes such as the password and server-side preferences.
About the Library
The demo library contains only works that may be freely redistributed: openly licensed books and public-domain texts, recordings, and comics. Each book's description ends with its credit and license, and the full credits, sources, and modifications are listed in CORPUS.md in the shishobooks/demo-corpus repository.
Next Steps
- Getting Started walks through the first deployment with Docker Compose.
- Supported Formats lists what Shisho can import, read, and generate.