Designed for touch
One interface adapts to phones and tablets, keeping portrait browsing and landscape reading clear and efficient.
Third-party NeoDB PWA client
Bielu.
A media discovery and logging tool designed for phones and tablets. Browse works, manage marks, write reviews, and sync your personal records to NeoDB.
A complete NeoDB experience for mobile devices
Installable PWA
Install it to your home screen and open it like a standalone app while retaining a lightweight web experience.
Find items faster
Scan a book ISBN with the camera, or use a supported link to quickly find and add an item.
Focused on personal records
Manage marks, ratings, comments, reviews, and personal tags, with records synced to NeoDB.
Relationship with NeoDB
Bielu uses data and open APIs provided by NeoDB and its instances, but it is not an official NeoDB app. It does not create a separate media account system; it provides a touch-friendly way to use your existing NeoDB data and personal records.
Frequently asked questions
What is Bielu?
Bielu is a third-party web app client built on NeoDB. NeoDB and its instance neodb.social provide an open cataloging and collection service for books, movies, TV, music, games, and more. You can mark items, write short comments and long reviews, and interact with other users.
What is its relationship with NeoDB?
Bielu uses data and APIs provided by NeoDB and neodb.social, but it is not an official NeoDB app.
Why is it called Bielu?
The Bielu is often described as China's earliest comprehensive classified bibliography. A media catalog does something similar: organizing, classifying, and indexing works. The final “.” comes from common object-oriented programming syntax, suggesting that this index covers more than books.
Why are social features limited?
Bielu focuses on items, marks, and personal records. Full social interaction can be done on the NeoDB website or in any Mastodon client.
How does Bielu handle my data?
Bielu has no ads, does not share user information with advertisers, and does not sell user data.
Bielu collects limited, non-identifying usage statistics to improve the product and keep the service running. These statistics do not include specific comments, notes, searches, or marked items.
When a user actively requests a translation, the relevant text is sent to Microsoft Translator.
Marks, ratings, comments, reviews, and collections are saved to NeoDB. Locally, Bielu only stores cache, drafts, interface settings, and temporary state. You can export your data from the NeoDB data management page.
Can I import my existing Douban records?
Yes. NeoDB supports multiple data import options. You can find them on the NeoDB data management page.