[BETA] Okuzukey - Metadata plugin for Books/Comics/Manga

[SoliFlix 28]

Hi all,

I’ve been building Okuzukey, a metadata plugin for Emby designed for books, comics, manga, and light novels.

What it does:
- Local metadata grabber: Supports NFO, Calibre metadata.opf (or an EPUB’s internal OPF if no sidecar exists), and ComicInfo.xml inside .cbz/.cbr.
- Covers: Uses local sidecar images if present; otherwise, it extracts them directly from inside .cbz/.cbr/.epub.
- Optional Komga integration: Connect to your own Komga server (opt-in, off by default) to fetch metadata and covers.
- Performance tweaks: Configurable logging levels and Komga request concurrency.

What it doesn’t do:
- No embedded metadata/covers for formats like PDF, MOBI, or AZW3 (though sidecar NFO/OPF/covers still work perfectly for them).
- No public online sources (Google Books, ComicVine, AniList, etc.) - dealing with rate limits and weak free-text matching wasn’t worth it for now.

Emby limitations (not by the plugin):
The Book item type in Emby currently has a limited field set. For example, it lacks a proper series name field or People/Authors display in the UI. While the plugin successfully parses writers and artists from your files, Emby simply doesn’t display them for books yet.

Here's a video of a metadata refresh with a bit over 2500 random books (epub, cbr, cbz) - everything local on Windows (both the server and the files), which is why the refresh took less than 25 seconds to read it all, including covers.

 

Tested on: Windows Emby Server 4.10.x

Installation:
1. Download the .dll
2. Copy it into your Emby Server's plugin folder
3. Restart your Emby Server

Emby.Okuzukey.dll

If you give it a try and see anything missing or wrong - a short feedback would be nice.

Thanks!