One often overlooked component of a media server is audiobooks. In the past, we’ve recommended Booksonic, but in 2021 a new arrival quickly swept all before it to provide a serious alternative to Audible. Audiobookshelf (www. audiobookshelf.org) is your open source one-stop shop for self-hosted audiobooks and podcasts, and recent releases have even started to add support for ebooks as well.
You can install it through or natively – simply follow the instructions at for your chosen path. The native installation works out of the box, but if you wish to change any defaults – specifically which port it communicates on (13378 by default) – you need to
