Audiobookshelf

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Audiobookshelf Host Port
Audiobookshelf /config Path
Audiobookshelf /metadata Path
Audiobookshelf /audiobooks Path

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.


Port	13378
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/audiobookshelf`
Source	https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf
Website	https://www.audiobookshelf.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  audiobookshelf:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/audiobookshelf:latest
    container_name: audiobookshelf
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf/metadata:/metadata"
      - "/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf/audiobooks:/audiobooks"
    ports:
      - 13378:13378
    restart: unless-stopped

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=audiobookshelf
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  audiobookshelf:
    name: audiobookshelf
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - AUDIOBOOKSHELF_CONFIG_PATH: /config
      - AUDIOBOOKSHELF_METADATA_PATH: /metadata
      - AUDIOBOOKSHELF_AUDIOBOOKS_PATH: /audiobooks
volumes:
  AUDIOBOOKSHELF_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf'
  AUDIOBOOKSHELF_METADATA_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf/metadata'
  AUDIOBOOKSHELF_AUDIOBOOKS_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf/audiobooks'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/audiobookshelf:${tag}

podman run -d --name audiobookshelf \
  -p 13378:13378 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/audiobookshelf:/config \
  -v /path/to/containers/audiobookshelf/metadata:/metadata \
  -v /path/to/containers/audiobookshelf/audiobooks:/audiobooks \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/audiobookshelf:latest

- name: Deploy audiobookshelf
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: audiobookshelf
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/audiobookshelf:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "13378:13378"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf/metadata:/metadata"
      - "/path/to/containers/audiobookshelf/audiobooks:/audiobooks"

Access at: http://localhost:13378

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration and database
`/metadata`	Metadata cache
`/audiobooks`	Audiobook library path

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`13378`	TCP	Web UI

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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