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Booksonic-Air

Self-hosted audiobook streaming server with Subsonic API

E-books & Media Library ★ 222 stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Booksonic-Air is a self-hosted audiobook streaming server based on the Subsonic platform. It serves your audiobook collection to the Booksonic apps and other compatible clients over the network.

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Key features

  • Audiobook streaming server
  • Subsonic-based platform
  • Companion mobile apps
  • Multi-user accounts

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Java
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Trade-offs

  • Largely superseded by Audiobookshelf
  • Java memory footprint

Is Booksonic-Air secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Booksonic-Air's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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