Audiobooks & podcasts
Audiobookshelf
Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with apps.
open source self-hostable Audiobookshelf project · ?Keeps your audiobooks and podcasts organised and remembers your position across phone, car and desk.
Website ↗ Source ↗ Plan “Audiobooks & podcasts” with it
How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
Facts
| Company / project | Audiobookshelf project (jurisdiction unknown) |
|---|---|
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Self-hosting footprint | 256 MB RAM · 0.25 vCPU · 1 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Commonly replaces | Audible |
| Upstream (awesome-selfhosted-data) | 14,231 stars · updated 2026-08-28 · Docker, deb, Nodejs |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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