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audiobookshelf

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

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Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

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hemant6488·Jul 5, 2025
I've been building exactly this with SoundLeaf [0] - an iOS client for the excellent open-source Audiobookshelf server. No data collection, no third-party servers, just your audiobooks syncing directly with your own instance. The user-friendliness challenge is real though. Setting up Audiobookshelf [1] is more work than "just sign up," but once you have it running, the local-first client becomes much cleaner to build. No user accounts, no subscription billing, no scaling concerns. Simple pricing too: buy once, own forever. No monthly fees to access your own audiobooks. [0] https://soundleafapp.com [1] https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf
In Local-first software (2019)
sphars·Dec 24, 2023
This is really neat, it's something I hadn't thought about before. I've started listening to audiobooks on my commute, but I read at night. I currently use audiobookshelf[0] to listen to my ebooks, and it has support for ebooks as well. I've added a comment[1] on a discussion if audiobookshelf could read the epubs your took creates. [0]: https://www.audiobookshelf.org/ [1]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/189#issueco...
In Show HN: An open-source, self-hostable synced narration platform for ebooks
sandreas·Dec 16, 2023
This is great news and the device looks promising. I wonder if rockbox[1] could be ported to it, but since Rockbox does not natively support Bluetooth or Wifi, it might be not the right firmware for this device. One thing I really miss on all NON iPod / NON Android devices is the ability to control playback via headphone remote[2]. I did a lot of research how to build such a thing myself and found out that it would be too much work to design a PCB that fits my needs and build a custom firmware for it with my skills. My personal approach would be much smaller, something about the size of the iPod Nano 7g. However, my conclusion also was, that an ESP32 is NOT the perfect chip for this[3] - more the Allwinner T113-S3 (discontinued) on the X-Boy-Plus[5] or the new ArtinChip D21x/D13x in the CyberPad 1[4]. My personal opinion is, that it is ha
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rd to build a custom device that has decent battery life, supports Wifi+Bluetooth, is still powerful enough to play all audio codecs and does not have a completely custom firmware that cannot be used in anything else but this device... Recently I found a promising article, where Flutter has been ported to run on a small RISC-V device[6], which would make at least the software development part a decent experience. For now, I'll stick with my iPod Nano 7g, as an alternative my Fiio M6 (discontinued, Android 7 with Custom App support). For more modern Apps I use the Unihertz Jelly 2e (Android 12), that has a custom media button, has an Audio Jack and is still available in shops today. Repair process is also ok and I think there also might be LineageOS Support. The apps I use are Substreamer[7] with Navidrome[8] and Audiobookshelf[9]. [1]: https://www.rockbox.org/ [2]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/36... [3]: https://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,54269.msg252243.h... [4]: https://mangopi.org/cp1m [5]: https://github.com/hsinyuwang/X-Boyhttps://github.com/advply... [6]: https://systemsdigest.com/videos/tiny-flutter-future-dart-fl... [7]: https://substreamerapp.com/ [8]: https://www.navidrome.org/ [9]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf
In The music player you wish you had in the early 2000s
sandreas·Jul 12, 2022
Usually, for electronic devices I start with the Open Source Projects recommendations or first class support items... They usually have good hardware quality e.g. for a smartphone, I look at lineage devices first and then check out reviews for these, that work for me from looking at the specs. For your purpose, there is no such audio player, I know of. The best devices I know atm are: - iPod Nano 7th gen 16GB - Pro: Size, Bluetooth, UI - Con: Battery, Storage, Formats, req. iTunes, no Wifi / NFC, No Upgrades - iPod classic (mod with iFlash Quad and 2200mah battery + iKokkia Bluetooth) - Pro: Storage, Battery, UI, Hackable (kind of) - Con: Size, Formats, req. Itunes, No native Bluetooth/Wifi/NFC, No upgrades - Maybe you should think of RockBox to have more freedom - LG G5 H850 (optional with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Pl
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us module) + Audiobookshelf + Substreamer - Pro: Formats, Battery, Storage, Bluetooth/Wifi/NFC, Hackable - Con: Size, UI (I did not find a Server/App nearly as good as iPod) Let me cite my comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32042780: I use m4b-tool[1], tone[2] and audiobookshelf[3] together with an LG G5 H850 smartphone[8] with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus Module for Audio Only and I am pretty happy with this config. For Music I use Navidrome[5] and Substreamer App[7]. Maybe I'll try out Jellyfin[4] or maybe Plex[6], but I really don't wanna go closed source. I also thought about writing something self hosted in C# to have ONE solution for audiobooks, podcasts and music and started a small private project, but this will take a while until it is ready to release something... You may ask: Why an LG G5 H850? Well, its relatively small and cheap (about 50 - 80 bucks used) it has an audio Jack, USB-C, you can change the battery, it can hold up to 2TB microSD storage, has an HiFi Plus module for audio enthusiasts and a descent screen. Besides that it can run lineage os... Note: I'm the author of the first two projects :-) [1]: https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool [2]: https://github.com/sandreas/tone [3]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf [4]: https://jellyfin.org/ [5]: https://www.navidrome.org/ [6]: https://www.plex.tv [7]: https://substreamerapp.com/ [8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_G5
In Ask HN: How do you search for products / apps given a list of requirements?
sandreas·Jul 10, 2022
I use m4b-tool[1], tone[2] and audiobookshelf[3] together with an LG G5 H850 smartphone[8] with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus Module for Audio Only and I am pretty happy with this config. For Music I use Navidrome[5] and Substreamer App[7]. Maybe I'll try out Jellyfin[4] or maybe Plex[6], but I really don't wanna go closed source. I also thought about writing something self hosted in C# to have ONE solution for audiobooks, podcasts and music and started a small private project, but this will take a while until it is ready to release something... You may ask: Why an LG G5 H850? Well, its relatively small and cheap (about 50 - 80 bucks used) it has an audio Jack, USB-C, you can change the battery, it can hold up to 2TB microSD storage, has an HiFi Plus module for audio enthusiasts and a descent screen. Besides that it can run lineage os... Note:
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I'm the author of the first two projects :-) [1]: https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool [2]: https://github.com/sandreas/tone [3]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf [4]: https://jellyfin.org/ [5]: https://www.navidrome.org/ [6]: https://www.plex.tv [7]: https://substreamerapp.com/ [8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_G5
In Ask HN: Is there a Calibre equivalent for Audio books?

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