Show HN: Rust based eBook library for Python, with MIT license

Category: library

Tags: epub, python-bindings, rust, ebook-tools, markdown-conversion

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

A Rust-powered library for Python that provides fast reading, writing, validation, and markdown conversion of EPUB2/EPUB3 files. It's interesting because it combines Rust's performance for parallel batch processing with a Python-friendly API that mirrors the popular ebooklib, offering a significant speed boost for ebook manipulation tasks.

Target audience: backend devs, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/arc53/fast-ebook · Rust · MIT · 33 stars

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