https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks

Open publishing. Open web. Open source.
https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks

ebooks pb-active pressbooks-core pressbooks-plugin publishing webbooks

Last synced: about 1 month ago
JSON representation

Open publishing. Open web. Open source.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks
• Owner: pressbooks
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2013-04-04T02:18:28.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: dev
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-10T00:00:20.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-10T01:19:05.520Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: ebooks, pb-active, pressbooks-core, pressbooks-plugin, publishing, webbooks
• Language: PHP
• Homepage: https://pressbooks.org/
• Size: 243 MB
• Stars: 432
• Watchers: 44
• Forks: 133
• Open Issues: 187
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.md
  • Code of conduct: .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Support: .github/support.yml

Awesome Lists containing this project

• awesome-starred - pressbooks/pressbooks - Open publishing. Open web. Open source. (publishing)

README

        
# Pressbooks

Contributors: Pressbooks 

Tags: ebooks, publishing, webbooks

Requires at least: 6.6.1

Tested up to: 6.6.1


Stable tag: 6.23.2

Requires PHP: 8.1

License: GPL v3.0 or later

License URI: https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks/blob/production/LICENSE.md

Pressbooks is an open source book publishing tool built on a WordPress multisite platform.

## Description 

[![Packagist](https://img.shields.io/packagist/l/pressbooks/pressbooks.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks)

[![Current Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/pressbooks/pressbooks.svg)](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks/releases/latest/)

[![Packagist](https://img.shields.io/packagist/v/pressbooks/pressbooks.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks)

[![PHP from Packagist](https://img.shields.io/packagist/php-v/pressbooks/pressbooks.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks)

[![Packagist](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/pressbooks/pressbooks.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks)

[![Code Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/pressbooks/pressbooks/branch/dev/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/pressbooks/pressbooks)

[![Translate Pressbooks](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json.svg?label=translated&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftenpercent.now.sh%2F%3Forganization%3Dpressbooks%26project%3Dpressbooks&query=%24.status&colorB=e05d44&suffix=%25)](https://www.transifex.com/pressbooks/pressbooks/translate/)

[Pressbooks](https://pressbooks.org) is an open source book publishing tool built on a WordPress multisite platform. Pressbooks outputs books in multiple formats, including PDF, EPUB, web, and a variety of XML flavours, using a theming/templating system, driven by CSS. Pressbooks is free software, released under the [GPL v3.0 or later](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks/blob/production/LICENSE.md) license.

Our webbooks and EPUB/[PDF][pdf] exports are all driven by HTML + CSS. XML outputs have no styling.

[pdf]: https://docraptor.com/prince "Note: we use the non-free software PrinceXML to produce PDF exports."

## Requirements

Pressbooks works with PHP 8.1 and WordPress 6.6.1. Lower versions are not supported.

## Installing the Plugin

Pressbooks is not for use on an existing blog. Instead it should be used with a fresh, [multisite WordPress installation](https://wordpress.org/support/article/glossary/#multisite).

To install Pressbooks on your site, download the [latest release](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks/releases/latest) and follow our [installation instructions](https://pressbooks.org/user-docs/installation/). 

You may want to try [Pressbooks.com](https://pressbooks.com/self-publishers/) before deciding whether or not you wish to host and maintain your own instance of Pressbooks. We can also [host and maintain an instance of Pressbooks for you](https://pressbooks.com/for-educational-institutions/).

## Contributor guidelines

Developers who are interested in contributing to our project should consult our ["Contributing"](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines and the developer guides published on our [documentation website](https://pressbooks.org/dev-docs/).

## Disclaimers

The Pressbooks plugin is supplied "as is" and all use is at your own risk.

### Changelog

Please see the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) file for more information.