NoBookEnds Sync

Create an Audiobookshelf user for it

In Audiobookshelf go to Settings, Users and add a user called nobookends-sync that can download but not upload, update or delete, with access to your libraries and to explicit content. Then in Settings, API Keys create a key that acts as that user.

Run the container

Docker Compose, with an NVIDIA GPU:

services:
  nobookends-sync:
    image: ghcr.io/dancue44/nobookends-sync:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports: ["8000:8000"]
    environment:
      ABS_URL: http://audiobookshelf:80
      ABS_API_KEY: your-api-key
      TZ: America/Chicago
    volumes: ["./nobookends-sync:/data"]
    deploy:
      resources:
        reservations:
          devices: [{ driver: nvidia, count: all, capabilities: [gpu] }]

No NVIDIA GPU? Use the image ghcr.io/dancue44/nobookends-sync:cpu and leave out the deploy block.

Unraid: add the NoBookEnds Sync template (GPU or CPU version), fill in your Audiobookshelf address and the API key, and apply. The GPU version needs the Nvidia Driver plugin.

Give it a web address

Phones need to reach it away from home too. In your reverse proxy (Nginx Proxy Manager, Caddy, Traefik) add booksync.yourdomain.com pointing at port 8000, with HTTPS. Use that name and the app finds it on its own next to your Audiobookshelf address.

Open the app

Books are processed overnight, or right away when someone opens one. Once a book is ready, Listen & Read uses it automatically.