## About
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook server for managing and playing your audiobooks.
### Features
* Fully **open-source**, including the [android app](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-app) *(in beta)*
* Stream all audiobook formats on the fly
* Multi-user support w/ custom permissions
* Keeps progress per user and syncs across devices
* Auto-detects library updates, no need to re-scan
* Upload full audiobooks and covers
* Backup your metadata + automated daily backups
Is there a feature you are looking for? [Suggest it](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/new)
Android app is in beta, try it out on the [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audiobookshelf.app)
## Organizing your audiobooks
#### Directory structure and folder names are important to Audiobookshelf!
See [documentation](https://audiobookshelf.org/docs) for supported directory structure, folder naming conventions, and audio file metadata usage.
## Installation
** Default username is "root" with no password
### Docker Install
Available in Unraid Community Apps
```bash
docker pull advplyr/audiobookshelf
docker run -d \
-p 13378:80 \
-v :/audiobooks \
-v :/config \
-v :/metadata \
--name audiobookshelf \
--rm advplyr/audiobookshelf
```
### Running with Docker Compose
```bash
### docker-compose.yml ###
services:
audiobookshelf:
image: advplyr/audiobookshelf
ports:
- 13378:80
volumes:
- :/audiobooks
- :/metadata
- :/config
```
### Linux (amd64) Install
Debian package will use this config file `/etc/default/audiobookshelf` if exists. The install will create a user and group named `audiobookshelf`.
### Ubuntu Install via PPA
A PPA is hosted on [github](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-ppa), add and install:
```bash
curl -s --compressed "https://advplyr.github.io/audiobookshelf-ppa/KEY.gpg" | sudo apt-key add -
sudo curl -s --compressed -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/audiobookshelf.list "https://advplyr.github.io/audiobookshelf-ppa/audiobookshelf.list"
sudo apt update
sudo apt install audiobookshelf
```
or use a single command
```bash
curl -s --compressed "https://advplyr.github.io/audiobookshelf-ppa/KEY.gpg" | sudo apt-key add - && sudo curl -s --compressed -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/audiobookshelf.list "https://advplyr.github.io/audiobookshelf-ppa/audiobookshelf.list" && sudo apt update && sudo apt install audiobookshelf
```
### Install via debian package
Get the `deb` file from the [github repo](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-ppa).
See [instructions](https://www.audiobookshelf.org/install#debian)
#### Linux file locations
Project directory: `/usr/share/audiobookshelf/`
Config file: `/etc/default/audiobookshelf`
System Service: `/lib/systemd/system/audiobookshelf.service`
Ffmpeg static build: `/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/`
## Reverse Proxy Set Up
### NGINX Reverse Proxy
Add this to the site config file on your nginx server after you have changed the relevant parts in the <> brackets, and inserted your certificate paths.
```bash
server
{
listen 443 ssl;
server_name ..;
access_log /var/log/nginx/audiobookshelf.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/audiobookshelf.error.log;
ssl_certificate /path/to/certificate;
ssl_certificate_key /path/to/key;
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_pass http://;
proxy_redirect http:// https://;
}
}
```
### Apache Reverse Proxy
Add this to the site config file on your Apache server after you have changed the relevant parts in the <> brackets, and inserted your certificate paths.
For this to work you must enable at least the following mods using `a2enmod`:
- `ssl`
- `proxy_module`
- `proxy_wstunnel_module`
- `rewrite_module`
```bash
ServerName ..
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://localhost:/
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} websocket [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Connection} upgrade [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) "ws://localhost:/$1" [P,L]
# unless you're doing something special this should be generated by a
# tool like certbot by let's encrypt
SSLCertificateFile /path/to/cert/file
SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/key/file
```
### SWAG Reverse Proxy
[See this solution](https://forums.unraid.net/topic/112698-support-audiobookshelf/?do=findComment&comment=1049637)
## Run from source
Note: you will need `npm`, `node12`, and `ffmpeg` to run this project locally
```bash
git clone https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf.git
cd audiobookshelf
# All paths default to root directory. Config path is the database.
# Directories will be created if they don't exist
# Paths are relative to the root directory, so "../Audiobooks" would be a valid path
npm run prod -- -p [PORT] --audiobooks [AUDIOBOOKS_PATH] --config [CONFIG_PATH] --metadata [METADATA_PATH]
```
## Contributing / How to Support
[See the incomplete "How to Support" page](https://www.audiobookshelf.org/support)
