# Audiobookshelf

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/audiobookshelf/  
**Website:** https://audiobookshelf.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Audiobookshelf provides a self‑hosted audiobook and podcast server that lets users organize, stream, and share their personal media collections. It offers a web UI, mobile apps, and integrations for popular platforms, supporting features like library management, playback controls, and metadata fetching from online sources.

## Kin Score — 20.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 53.6 |
| Contract Quality | 25.2 |
| Contract Governance | 22.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 14.7 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 15.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |

## APIs (2)

- **Audiobookshelf API** — Audiobookshelf provides a self‑hosted media server for audiobooks and podcasts with a web UI, mobile apps, and library management features.
- **Audiobookshelf API** — Audiobookshelf API as documented publicly: 58 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider's own document.

## Security (1)

- **Audiobookshelf Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC

## Tags

Company, Self-Hosted, Audiobooks, Podcast, Media Server

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/audiobookshelf/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.