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Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server — manage your audiobook library, sync progress across devices, listen via web/mobile apps, with chapter support, sleep timers, sleep mode. The OSS Plex/Audible alternative for audiobook collectors.
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server — manage your audiobook library, sync progress across devices, listen via web/mobile apps, with chapter support, sleep timers, sleep mode. The OSS Plex/Audible alternative for audiobook collectors.
For audiobook lovers with growing personal libraries, Audiobookshelf is the canonical self-hosted answer.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Audiobookshelf over the SaaS alternative.
organize personal audiobook collection
listen on phone, web, tablet, position synced
RSS-based podcast manager
multi-user with separate progress tracking
MP3, M4B, MP4, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, WAV
If your team profile matches one of these, Audiobookshelf is a strong fit out of the box.
with personal libraries (purchased / ripped)
rejecting Audible's DRM lock-in
sharing audiobook collections across members
managing their listening queue without Spotify
building libraries without platform dependency
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Audiobookshelf consistently lands above the alternatives.
The stack you'll plug Audiobookshelf into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
ghcr.io/advplyr/audiobookshelf:latest (release-tagged)Operational guidance from running this in production — what to do before you scale, what to lock down, what surprises people.
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