Self-host Audiobookshelf

A self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with progress sync across apps — host your own Audible-style library and listen anywhere.

Key facts

What you need

• Any VPS with at least 512 MB of RAM
• A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
• Under an hour if you've used Docker before

Install with Docker Compose

Save this as compose.yml and run docker compose up -d:

copy# Audiobookshelf
docker run -d --name audiobookshelf \
  -p 13378:80 \
  -v ./audiobooks:/audiobooks -v ./config:/config -v ./metadata:/metadata \
  ghcr.io/advplyr/audiobookshelf:latest
# open http://SERVER_IP:13378