Open source tools for ebook workflows

Process books with confidence.

buchwandler builds small, inspectable tools for ebook text and conversion workflows. Each tool handles one step in the pipeline and stays close to your files.

The toolkit
8focused tools

File-based, reviewable state for ebook text and conversion pipelines.

Designed for the long book

Inspectable tools for ebook work.

Each tool owns one step in the pipeline: extracting text, building EPUBs, splitting passages, managing translation profiles. The output stays readable in code review and runs without a black box.

The toolkit

Tools for the ebook pipeline

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epub2text

Extract text from EPUB files with smart cleaning and navigation.

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sphinxpress

Publish multiple Sphinx documentation projects as one site and book.

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ssmd

A lightweight alternative syntax for SSML (Speech Synthesis Markdown).

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ttsforge

A Python-based TTS automation framework with multi-engine support.

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audiosig

Portable, dependency-light audio signal processing for NumPy arrays.

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abbr2words

Multilingual, context-aware abbreviation expansion for text normalization and speech.

Start where the work is

Choose the step you need to make reliable.

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