Audiobookshelf

New features and improvements:

• Added chapter editor tools and enhancements including bulk chapter import
• Added book library sort options for "Progress: Started" and "Progress: Finished"
• Improved podcast episode matching and downloads

Bug fixes:

• Fixed initial page load failing to load library on token refreshes
• Fixed library path folder browser not working on latest Windows 11
• Fixed various podcast-related issues including episode downloads and matching

UI/UX improvements:

• Updated icons and labels for better clarity
• Enhanced accessibility for screen readers
• Improved podcast page functionality

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

⚠️ Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. All users are required to re-login to the web client to start using the new authentication system. The old authentication system will continue to function until September 30, 2025.

New features and improvements:

• Added server setting to allow a whitelist of CORS origins

Bug fixes:

• Fixed server crash when transcode requests are made to the direct play endpoint
• Fixed OIDC auto-register still creating a user when groupclaim is invalid
• Fixed OIDC callback URL validation

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

⚠️ Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. All users are required to re-login to the web client to start using the new authentication system. The old authentication system will continue to function until September 30, 2025.

New features and improvements:

• Added book library sort option for progress last updated
• Added sepia theme in epub e-reader
• Improved podcast episode matching
• Enhanced M4B encoder with better backup file handling

Bug fixes:

• Fixed some podcast episodes always transcoding
• Fixed unable to change root user password when not set
• Fixed issues with e-reader devices visibility and chapter editing

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

⚠️ Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. All users are required to re-login to the web client to start using the new authentication system. The old authentication system will continue to function until September 30, 2025.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed some podcast episodes always transcoding
• Fixed unable to change root user password when not set
• Language improvements

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

⚠️ Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. All users are required to re-login to the web client to start using the new authentication system. The old authentication system will continue to function until September 30, 2025.

New features and improvements:

• Improved podcast episode matching using Fuse.js
• Enhanced M4B encoder with better backup file handling
• Improved book library sorting with secondary sort by title
• Localized listening time on sessions table
• Sessions modal now shows username instead of user id

Bug fixes:

• Fixed web client page load causing a token refresh
• Fixed OIDC error when auto registering users
• Fixed ALLOW_CORS environment variable not working

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

⚠️ Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. All users are required to re-login to the web client to start using the new authentication system. The old authentication system will continue to function until September 30, 2025.

New features and improvements:

• Localized listening time on sessions table
• Sessions modal now shows username instead of user id
• Deprecated warning message for legacy API token on user page
• More strings translated in various languages

Bug fixes:

• Fixed OIDC error when auto registering users
• Fixed ALLOW_CORS environment variable not working

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

⚠️ Important: New authentication system

A more secure authentication system has been added. All users are required to re-login to the web client to start using the new authentication system. The old authentication system will continue to function until September 30, 2025.

New features and improvements:

• JWT authentication with refresh tokens
• API Key config page for managing configurable API Keys
• Rate limiter for authentication endpoints
• Explicit filter for books & podcasts
• Improved podcast episode matching using Fuse.js
• Enhanced M4B encoder with better backup file handling
• Improved book library sorting with secondary sort by title

Bug fixes:

• Fixed scanner re-adding single-file audiobooks when deleted through web UI
• Fixed continue listening items not updating for mobile local syncs
• Fixed server crash when FantLab metadata provider requests time out

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

New features and improvements:

• Added notifications for podcast episode check failures
• Support for custom timeout settings for podcast downloads
• Improved podcast episode matching using fuzzy search
• Enhanced M4B encoder with better backup file handling
• Better fallback handling for podcast episode downloads
• Improved book library sorting with secondary sort by title
• Updated Audible provider to return ISBN when available

Bug fixes:

• Fixed M4B encoder ignoring custom values
• Fixed potential issues with podcast episode check getting stuck
• Fixed rich text editor file attachment removal
• Fixed alignment issues in chapters table
• Security fix for the pathexist check
• Various translation updates for multiple languages

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

New features and improvements:

• Added podcast library filter for RSS Feed Open
• Added Arabic language option
• Improved security for uploader pathexists check
• Enhanced rich text editor functionality
• Updated M4b encoder bit rate preset selection
• Various translation updates for multiple languages
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

New features and improvements:

• Added support for searching episode titles in podcast libraries
• Improved audiobook chapter lookup for removing Audible intro/outro branding
• Updated translations for Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, German, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Ukrainian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

New features and improvements:

• Added audiobook chapter lookup support for removing Audible intro/outro branding
• New API endpoint for direct playing audio files using session ID
• Improved audiobook m4b encoder with smarter presets for codec, bitrate, and channels
• Enhanced file watcher to re-scan library items when non-media file updates are made
• Improved Year in Review display logic

Fixed issues:

• Resolved server crash when updating the "Ignore prefixes when sorting" setting
• Fixed .ignore file causing ignores outside the directory
• Corrected issue where users without access to books in a series could still find the series in search results
• Resolved UI/UX issue with share audio player track bar tooltip overflowing on mobile

UI/UX enhancements:

• Revamped audiobook tools page
• Improved podcast episode table sorting
• Enhanced authentication config page to show "restart server" message when OIDC is enabled
• Updated various translations including Catalan, Finnish, German, Italian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Ukrainian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

New features and improvements:

• Added bulk download option for multiple library items
• Improved filename sanitization and normalization
• Added support for multiple series in series & series-part meta tags
• Increased latest episodes page to show 50 latest (was 25)
• Added support for .aif audio files

Fixed issues:

• Resolved incorrect items count on library page for users with item restricting permissions
• Fixed book tools page, chapter edit page, and library stats page not setting the current library properly on refresh
• Corrected podcast library item size not updating when downloading episodes
• Fixed inconsistent order of multiple authors on a book

UI/UX enhancements:

• Improved error messaging for chapter lookup errors
• Added option to toggle episode pub date sort in podcast episode download modal
• Enhanced keyboard navigation for checkboxes and button focus
• Updated stats page "items finished" icon
• Improved cover image handling in item edit modal and player

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

New features and improvements:

• Added podcast episode table sorting option for filename
• Improved book and podcast library page performance
• Enhanced podcast page play button functionality
• Updated OPF file parser to support OPF v3 refines meta elements

Fixed issues:

• Resolved issue with queuing multiple of the same episode for download
• Fixed scanning epub not using first image for cover in some cases
• Corrected publish year not saving when matching with OpenLibrary

UI/UX enhancements:

• Improved RTL support on podcast episodes table rows
• Updated various settings and UI elements for clarity
• Enhanced podcast page accessibility for screen readers

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Resolved an issue where library items were not being cached correctly
• Fixed podcast author name display in player
• Resolved an issue where non-admin users could delete and update libraries

Changed:

• Improved logic for ignoring files during library scanning
• Improved library page redirect after removing items
• Updated translations for Belarusian, Croatian, Czech, German, Italian, Polish, Swedish, and Ukrainian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Podcast feeds http to https redirect issue
• Book library title sorting for new databases

Changed:

• Improved podcast library performance
• Refreshed bookshelf UI when book titles change
• Added translations for Bulgarian, Croatian, Swedish, and Turkish

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Caching issues with libraries page
• End of chapter sleep timer not always triggering
• Server crash related to series sequence updates
• UI display issues with book cover images

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Security issue for remote authentication bypass 🚨
• Server crash when feed cover image is requested and doesn't exist
• Unable to remove books from collections

Changed:

• Improved performance for book library page queries
• Improved parsing of name strings with single name authors
• UI/UX improvements to edit modals and batch edit page
• Book rich text description is now resizable
• More translations in multiple languages

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Added:

• Support for rich text book descriptions
• Player setting to adjust playback rate increment/decrement amount

Fixed:

• Various server stability issues
• Problems with podcast episode downloads
• Issues with collection and series feeds
• UI display problems for sub-series

Changed:

• Improved clipboard copy functionality
• Enhanced visibility of progress bars on covers
• Added help text for collections and playlists
• Expanded book information in API responses
• Additional translations in multiple languages

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Added:

• Support for running in subdirectories

Fixed:

• Various library and playlist management issues
• Server stability improvements
• UI display issues with podcasts and audiobooks
• Transcoding issues with spaces in paths
• Problems with CBZ file scanning

Changed:

• Improved podcast RSS feed handling
• Enhanced bookmark management and playback features
• Better podcast episode descriptions
• Improved library performance and UI responsiveness
• Additional translations in multiple languages

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Feed episode refresh issues
• Share media player functionality
• User stats heatmap display and calculations

Changed:

• Improved library page performance
• Enhanced playlist and collection management
• Updated accessibility for book, author and series cards
• Additional translations in Bengali, Russian and Slovenian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Quick match not properly handling empty series or authors
• Podcast download queue visibility on mobile screens
• Issues with podcast episode downloads and file extensions
• File watcher behavior with dot files
• Cover image display issues in RSS feed preview

Changed:

• Improved podcast episode description handling
• Added Australia and New Zealand podcast regions
• Enhanced keyboard navigation and accessibility
• Improved performance during scrolling
• Additional translations in multiple languages

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Server crash when uploading cover art
• Server crash related to playback sessions

Changed:

• Added Catalan language option
• Improved server configuration page layout
• Additional translations in Catalan and Slovenian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Server crash when deleting libraries or users
• Issues with podcast episode playback progress
• Share player settings functionality restored

Changed:

• Enhanced security with improved iframe restrictions
• Added audio filename and size details to podcast episode view
• Additional translations in Bengali, Croatian, French, German and Russian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Unable to edit book series sequence
• iOS file picker improvements
• Upgrade issues from older versions resolved

Changed:

• Improved podcast episode table sorting and filtering
• Enhanced mobile upload page interface
• Additional translations in Arabic and Italian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Fixed:

• Server crash on new libraries
• Error handling when adding new series

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

New features:

• Library setting to control when to mark items as finished (time remaining or percentage)
• User permission to allow users to create ereaders

Fixed:

• Incorrect version shown as latest version when update is available
• Server crash when downloading files
• Incorrect time remaining for podcast episodes
• Server crash when streaming download

Changed:

• Improved performance with database migration for indexes
• Enhanced embed metadata tool functionality
• Improved localization for missing strings
• More strings translated in various languages including Croatian, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, and Simplified Chinese

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release includes several improvements and bug fixes:

Fixed:

• Potential database corruptions from NOCASE indexes
• Next/previous chapter behavior on public share player
• Book library published decade filter
• Extracting cover image from audio file with multiple images

Changed:

• Improved localization for missing strings
• More strings translated in various languages including Croatian, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, and Spanish

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release includes several improvements and bug fixes:

New features:

• Book library filter for published decade
• Book library filter for missing chapters
• Authors page lazy load and pagination

Fixed:

• Unicode handling for author and series queries
• Podcast episode batch mark as finished now available for all users

Changed:

• UI/UX improvements for author images
• Enhanced API functionality for libraries and authors
• More strings translated in various languages

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release includes several improvements and bug fixes:

Fixed:

• Server crash when scanning a library with no metadata precedence set
• Server crash on listening session sync
• Issues with parsing comics
• Server crash when calling library items API endpoint with non-integer limit
• Improved handling of authors and series with non-ASCII characters

Changed:

• New users default permissions now deny explicit content
• Improved logger formatting
• Enhanced handling of library scan failures
• UI/UX improvements, including centered audio player play button and vertical volume control
• Playlist & collection "Play" button renamed to "Play All"
• Improved number formatting on user listening stats chart
• More strings translated in various languages

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release includes several improvements and bug fixes:

Fixed:

• Metadata embed tool failing to embed webp covers
• Server crash when quick match adds a new series
• Server crash when using the get all collections API endpoint
• Server crash when using a custom metadata provider that returns an invalid response
• Byte conversion for file sizes using 1024 instead of 1000

Changed:

• Improved formatting for entity total in bookshelf toolbar
• Cleanup of logging output for library item updates
• More strings translated, including Bengali, German, and Simplified Chinese

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release includes several improvements and bug fixes:

Fixed:

• User permissions inverted tags accessible not being saved
• Unable to update root user email
• "Unlink OpenID" button showing blank in user account modal

Changed:

• Batch edit page shows confirmation before navigating away with unsaved changes
• More strings translated, including Bengali and Polish

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release includes several improvements and bug fixes:

Fixed:

• New authors not setting 'lastFirst' column
• Toasts not showing when updating library items

Changed:

• More strings translated, including Slovenian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release includes several improvements and bug fixes:

Fixed:

• Resolved server crash with SQLITE_CORRUPT error (reverted Unicode extension).
• Reverted session MemoryStore to default.
• Fixed podcast episode download request failing due to user-agent string.
• Corrected UNC path normalization.

Changed:

• Updated localization for “Year in Review” images.
• Added logging for library item downloads.
• Reverted accent-insensitive search.
• Changelog modal now shows all releases with the same major/minor version.
• Added more translations, including Simplified Chinese.

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Added:

• Player setting to set skip forward/backward time
• “End of chapter” option for sleep timer
• Progress percentage for M4B merge and metadata embed tools
• Random sort for book/podcast library and series
• Support for accent-insensitive search
• Setting to show subtitles on book cards

Fixed:

• Filter data not populating when opening item page directly
• Podcast episode match not encoding search query
• Series and collection RSS feeds maintaining book order
• Server crash on duplicate series in OPF
• M4B merge and embed tools checking folder permissions and stripping file permissions
• Search query lost when switching libraries on the search page
• Backups not restoring properly
• Series & collection RSS feeds not setting cover image
• Media item shares duration limit increased
• Debian/PPA re-downloading ffmpeg/ffprobe on every reinstall
• Changelog not shown from settings page
• Series bookshelf row padding issue

Changed:

• Debian package now downloads dependencies on server start
• Removed old ffmpeg/ffprobe location in Debian/PPA
• Global library search includes genres
• OPML import runs in the background to prevent timeouts
• Fetch more home page items on wide screens
• Backup settings allow unlimited size with “0”
• NFO metadata parser supports language
• Improved EPUB scanner for correct cover image and OPF metadata parsing
• M4B merge tool retains advanced encoding settings
• Logs added when an ebook is downloaded
• Replaced default session memorystore with stable memorystore

UI/UX Improvements:

• Match tab supports clicking on current value to set it
• Simplified ItemSearchCard component logic
• Formatted numbers on user stats page based on locale
• Library stats page moved to library siderail (also in settings nav)
• Updated material icons font to material symbols

Translations:

• Dutch
• Finnish
• German
• Hebrew
• Italian
• Polish
• Ukrainian

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release brings audiobookshelf from version 2.9.0 to 2.11.0.

Added

• Create book share links with expiration (admin users only)
• Email settings option to enable/disable rejecting unauthorized certificates
• Support for disabling SSRF request filter with env variable
• Support for custom backup path on backups config page or with env variable
• Epub ereader setting for font boldness
• Finnish translations

Fixed

• Casting podcast episodes
• Match all authors hitting rate limit
• Scheduled library scans using old copy of library
• Changing author name in edit author modal not updating metadata JSON files
• AB merge tool not working in Debian pkg due to ffmpeg v7
• Download file ssrfFilter URL
• Overdrive mediamarkers incorrect timestamp parsing
• Unhandled exception syncing user progress
• Server crash from library scanner race condition
• UI/UX: PDF reader flickering
• UI/UX: Audio player long author name overflowing
• UI/UX: Audio player long chapter name overflowing

Changed

• Replace Tone with Ffmpeg for embedding metadata
• Playback sessions are closed after 36 hours of inactivity
• User agent string for podcast RSS feed and file download requests
• Increased time delay between when watcher detects a file and when it scans the folder
• Prevent editing backup path if it is set using env variable
• UI/UX: Show publish date in changelog modal
• UI/UX: Chapters table "End" column changed to a "Duration" column
• UI/UX: Bookshelf refactor for consistent scaling
• UI/UX: Cleaner error page for 404s
• More strings translated

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release brings audiobookshelf from version 2.8.0 to 2.9.0.

Added

• Support for webp images in cbz/cbr comic files
• Podcast library filter for language
• Hebrew, Ukrainian, Bengali, Traditional Chinese, Estonian, Hungarian, Vietnamese translations

Plus many fixes and changes...

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release brings audiobookshelf from version 2.7.1 to 2.8.0.

Added

• Allow adding a custom message on login page (from auth config page)
• Ability to add custom metadata providers (from item metadata utils)
• Crash logs are stored in /metadata/logs/crash_logs.txt
• Portuguese (Brazil) translations
• Podcast library setting to set iTunes search region
• OpenID: Edit user modal shows button to unlink user from OpenID

Plus many fixes and changes...

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release brings audiobookshelf from version 2.6.0 to 2.7.1. Note: OpenID Connect Authentication requires mobile app v0.9.70-beta or up

Added

• Year in review stats images to user stats page
• Ability to fetch book data in uploader
• Zoom controls to comic reader Plus many fixes and changes...

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release brings audiobookshelf from version 2.5.0 to 2.6.0.

Added

• SSO via OpenID Connect authentication
• Simple API caching for /libraries* requests
• NFO files as book metadata source
• Czech translations
• Swedish translations

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

This release brings audiobookshelf from version 2.2.22 to version 2.5.0. Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases

Added:

• Send ebook to other devices
• Export OPML for podcast libraries
• Library filter for ebook items

Fixed:

• Closing audio player resetting progress
• Epub3 ebook showing white background
• Podcast episode downloads for RSS feeds that use the same title for every episode

Changed:

• Library filter max height set to window height
• New API endpoints for static library item files, ebooks and downloading
• Security updates
• More strings translated (German)

• Audiobookshelf now works with mobile apps (Android & iOS)

Added:

• M4B merge tool advanced options for ffmpeg encoder

Fixed:

• Crash on adding podcast
• Dropdowns hidden in edit modals
• Get libraries API endpoint (bad response payload)

Changed:

• API endpoint for author image allows raw=1 query to get raw image
• More strings translated: french, simplified Chinese, & German