AudiobookHub
Software resources for audiobook management. Especially Audible-centric, including organization and removing DRM from Audible files
Guides
Non-audible
Audible APIs
Interfaces for internal Audible API
Listening
Self-hosting online:
Backup, decrypt, convert, organize
- Libation: audible audiobook manager. Download, decrypt, organize, search, and tag. Free. Open-source. Windows, Mac, and Linux. GUI and CLI.
- inAudible: remove Audible DRM, edit files, and convert files. Installers available
- Book Lib Connect: A standalone Audible downloader and decrypter
- AAX Audio Converter: Convert Audible aax files to mp3 and m4a/m4b
- OpenAudible: cross-platform audible audiobook manager (
free, $12, $18.95 shareware, $18.95, $18.95 per year, $19.95 per year or $49.99 for lifetime)
- Audible Plus Converter: Windows, Mac. $15/quarter, $30/yr, or $60 lifetime
- OSAC: Open Source Audible Converter. Convert audible's proprietary AAX audio files to MP3, AAC/M4B, or FLAC
- AAXtoMP3: Convert Audible's .aax filetype to MP3, FLAC, M4A, or OPUS
- Audible-CLI: A command line interface for the above audible Python API
Scripts to make audible's site more usable
uBlock Origin (ad blocker), custom filter to remove "Virtual Voice" titles:
www.audible.com##li.productListItem.bc-list-item:has-text('Virtual Voice')
Browser entensions
DRM Removal
Behind the scenes, most if not all resources below use these for their heavy lifting (although they aren't the easiest to use directly)
- FFmpeg: A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Includes the ability to use your activation data to strip DRM from .aax files
- audible-activator: Retrieves your activation data (activation_bytes) from Audible servers
- audible-tools.github.io: free service which resolves audible activation bytes. Nuget pkg. How to use
File editing and manipulation
AudioBookConverter (Code on github): convert. Also advanced chapter support for combining and splitting