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Booksonic Air

Booksonic Air is a self-hosted audiobook streaming application for managing and playing your personal audiobook library, giving homelab users a private…

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Booksonic Air is a self-hosted audiobook streaming application for managing and playing your personal audiobook library, giving homelab users a private Audible-like experience.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 6 install platforms

  • Unraid (not listed)
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)

Also on Docker Hub

Health score

12/100 Low

Maintained
0GitHub repository no longer exists
Popular
No data
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 2 of 4 factors.

How is this calculated?

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). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today

No GitHub repository data collected yet.

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (BigBearTechWorld/booksonic-air)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Check Docker works first Run docker run hello-world before starting Booksonic Air to confirm Docker is installed and working. If this simple test fails, the app container will not start correctly either. source
  • Set PUID/PGID and back up /config Set PUID/PGID (the user and group IDs the container runs as) to match your host user/group so shared files do not get permission errors. Map a folder to /config and keep a backup, because that folder holds your settings and losing it can break first-run setup. source
  • Add a restart policy Use restart: unless-stopped so Booksonic Air comes back automatically after a reboot or Docker restart. Without it, you may have to start the app manually every time your server or Docker is restarted. source

Fetched 6 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (5)

  • Audible - Explore a vast library of premium audiobooks with features like chapter navigation and variable narration speed accessible through the comp…
  • AudibooksNow - AudiobooksNow is a digital platform that offers audiobooks for purchase and download.
  • Audiobookshelf - Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server and web app.
  • Funkwhale - Open-source, self-hosted streaming platform supports Android, iOS, podcasts, uploads, sharing, no ads or tracking, federated across decentr…
  • calibre - Free e-book manager offering library management, multi-format conversion, syncing to devices, news download as e-books, built-in viewer, ed…

Checked 7 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

How can I confirm Docker is working before troubleshooting Booksonic Air startup?

Run docker run hello-world first. If that simple test fails, the Booksonic Air container will not start correctly either.

How do I prevent permission errors when using shared audiobook folders?

Set PUID and PGID to match your host user and group IDs. This lets the container access shared files without permission problems.

Which Booksonic Air folder should I back up?

Map a host folder to /config and keep a backup of it. That folder holds settings, and losing it can break first-run setup.

Is there an Android app for Booksonic?

The project includes Booksonic App, an Android app for connecting to Booksonic servers. It is based on DSub.

Answers sourced from github.com, github.com, github.com

Community

Collected 2 days ago - public community threads