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Ebook2audiobook

Ebook2audiobook converts legally acquired eBooks without digital rights management into audiobooks with chapters and metadata on a CPU (central processing…

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Ebook2audiobook converts legally acquired eBooks without digital rights management into audiobooks with chapters and metadata on a CPU (central processing unit) or GPU (graphics processing unit). It uses Calibre, FFmpeg, XTTSv2, Fairseq, and other text-to-speech (TTS) engines to create spoken audio, with voice cloning and multilingual support. It is useful for homelab users who want to generate customized audiobooks from e-book files while preserving organization and metadata.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

80/100 Excellent

Maintained
100last commit 7 days ago
Popular
8620,305 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
602 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
Security check
95no serious findings, CI, tests

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 7 days ago

GitHub stars
20,305
Open issues
3
Last commit
2026-10-06
Latest release
v26.10.1
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
rising

Checked 5 days ago - source: GitHub (DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 2 GB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 15 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Run installer, then activate env After cloning the project, run the `./ebook2audiobook.command` script (or `ebook2audiobook.cmd` on Windows), then activate the project’s `./python_env` Python environment (a separate toolbox of installed programs). Skipping this leaves required tools missing, which makes the app fail to start with import errors. source
  • Start the browser interface Open the `E2A-SML` folder and run `python cli.py --gui` to open the web page for processing books. This gives you the visual first-run controls instead of typing every job as a raw command. source
  • Use --share for another device If you want to open the app on a phone, tablet, or second computer, launch it with `--share`, for example `python app.py --share`. That creates a temporary public web link; without it, the interface only appears on the machine running the app. source
  • NVIDIA GPU support For Nvidia GPU support, add --runtime=nvidia --gpus all to the Extra Parameters field under Advanced. source

Fetched 7 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (3)

  • Lyraboo - An Android audiobook app that narrates your own EPUB, PDF and TXT books with a full cast, giving every character a distinct AI voice.
  • Oration - Convert complex PDFs into accessible audiobooks - both the full text and generated summaries, enabling a more dynamic and efficient way of…
  • Voice Book Reader - A simple read-out-loud application that enables you to listen to the content of text files, EPUB e-books and PDF documents using one of the…

Checked yesterday - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Is ebook2audiobook intended for DRM-protected books?

No. The project says it is intended for use with non-DRM, legally acquired eBooks only.

Which Docker paths should I map for a clean self-hosted setup?

Map temporary files, models, and audiobook output to your appdata instead of leaving them inside the container image.

What local installation step prevents import errors before launching the GUI?

Run the installer script and then activate the project's ./python_env Python environment. After that, open the E2A-SML folder and run python cli.py --gui.

How can I open the GUI from a phone, tablet, or second computer?

Start the app with --share, for example python app.py --share, which creates a temporary public web link. Without --share, the interface is only visible on the machine running the app.

Which TTS engines can ebook2audiobook use?

It supports XTTSv2, Bark, Fairseq, VITS, Tacotron2, Tortoise, GlowTTS, and YourTTS.

Answers sourced from forums.unraid.net, github.com, github.com, github.com

Community

Collected 14 days ago - public community threads