Audiobookshelf

What is Audiobookshelf?

Audiobookshelf organises audiobooks and podcasts with proper metadata, cover art and chapter support, then streams them to a web player or its mobile apps. It tracks listening progress across devices and can also serve ebooks from the same library. Podcast support includes RSS subscriptions with automatic episode downloads.

Best for

Audiobook and podcast listeners who want progress sync across devices

Replaces

• Audible
• Spotify
• Apple Podcasts

Key features

• Audiobook and podcast library with metadata and chapters
• Listening progress synced across web and mobile
• Automatic podcast episode downloads from RSS
• Ebook reading from the same library

How to deploy

• Docker
• Linux packages

Project health

• GitHub stars: 14,517
• Last code push: 2026-09-29
• Open issues: 1,212
• Status: actively developed

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