Audiobookshelf
Audiobookshelf is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Music Streaming category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in JavaScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Spotify, Kindle and Audible and ships a Docker image. It has 14,795 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Music Streaming
- JavaScript
- GPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 14,795
- Forks
- 1,230
- Open issues
- 1,019
- Commits, last 12 months
- 505
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.37.2Oct 23, 2026
- Created
- Aug 17, 2021
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 505 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 505 |
| Latest release | v2.37.2 (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 162 |
| Open issues | 1,019 |
| Open pull requests | 218 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Aug 17, 2021 |
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About Audiobookshelf
Audiobook and podcast server. It streams all audio formats, keeps and syncs progress across devices. Comes with apps for Android and iOS.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf.
Topics
- audiobookshelf
- audiobooks
- self-hosted
- audiobook-manager
- podcasts
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Is Audiobookshelf free and open source?
Yes. Audiobookshelf is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Audiobookshelf with Docker?
Yes. Audiobookshelf provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Audiobookshelf?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Audiobookshelf include Navidrome Music Server, koel and Beets. Audiobookshelf itself is a self-hosted alternative to Spotify, Kindle, Audible and Pocket Casts.
Is Audiobookshelf actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Audiobookshelf was on Oct 23, 2026 with 505 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.37.2, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 1,019 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.