Self-Host Audiobookshelf with Docker Compose
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast streaming server designed for serious listeners. Includes iOS and Android sync, offline listening, and metadata scraping.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
version: '3.8'
services:
audiobookshelf:
image: ghcr.io/advplyr/audiobookshelf:latest
container_name: audiobookshelf
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "13378:13378"
environment:
- NODE_ENV=production
- TZ=UTC
volumes:
- audiobookshelf_data:/data
volumes:
audiobookshelf_data:
driver: localdocker-compose.yml and run:
docker compose up -d
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