AudioBookWorm Bundle
$19.00 / month
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Complete audiobook stack: one player, debrid streaming, and traditional download automation, bundled for $19/month.
The AudioBookWorm Bundle on ElfHosted gives you the complete self-hosted audiobook setup at a single $19/month price: Audiobookshelf (the player and library server), Decypharr for debrid integration (cached audiobooks accessible via symlinks to a system-managed debrid mount, no local download wait), plus the traditional automation path via Chaptarr (narrator-aware audiobook collection manager), Prowlarr, Jackett, AudioBookRequest, two audiobook search-and-send apps (watchlist automation and on-demand downloads), and Shelfmark. Ten apps, one subscription, shared storage.
Pull instantly from your debrid account via Decypharr symlinks, or download through Prowlarr and your indexers. Either way, Audiobookshelf plays it back on any device.
What’s in the AudioBookWorm Bundle?
The AudioBookWorm Bundle is the audiobook-only stack on ElfHosted — ten open-source apps bundled into a single $19/month subscription with shared storage and one ElfHosted subdomain. Two paths to fill your library; one app to play it.
The player
- 🎧 Audiobookshelf — the self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Streams to the Audiobookshelf iOS/Android app, any OPDS-compatible player, or the web UI. Tracks per-book progress across devices, handles multi-part audiobooks, and serves as the single destination for your entire library regardless of how it arrived.
Path 1: Debrid integration (instant, no local download)
- ⚡ Decypharr — the *arr-to-debrid bridge. Receives grabs from Prowlarr/Jackett, checks your debrid provider’s cache, and creates symlinks pointing into the bundle’s system-managed debrid mount instead of downloading. Cached audiobooks appear in Audiobookshelf in seconds rather than hours. (No need to buy Zurg [Standalone] separately — the bundle’s debrid mount is shared infrastructure.)
Path 2: Traditional download automation
- 🔎 Prowlarr — unified indexer manager. Add your torrent and Usenet indexers once; Prowlarr distributes search queries to all of them and AudioBookRequest searches through it.
- 🔍 Jackett — supplemental indexer proxy for trackers not natively supported by Prowlarr. Many audiobook-specific trackers require Jackett.
- 📥 AudioBookRequest — Sonarr/Radarr-style request UI for audiobooks. Search by author or title; it queries Prowlarr/Jackett and routes grabs through Decypharr (debrid cache first, download fallback).
- 📖 Chaptarr — audiobook and eBook collection manager (the Readarr successor). Narrator-aware matching, author monitoring, multi-edition support, and optional MP3 to M4B conversion; grabs route through your indexers and land in Audiobookshelf’s library.
- 🤖 Audiobook watchlist automation: an audiobook search-and-send app: search, click send, and the grab goes to Decypharr and on to your audiobooks folder.
- ⬇️ On-demand audiobook downloads: an audiobook search-and-send app for one-off titles. Search and grab individual titles without a full watchlist setup.
- 📚 Shelfmark — multi-source unified search. One query spans web archives, torrent, Usenet, and IRC sources simultaneously; finished downloads land in Audiobookshelf’s watched folder.
- 🪐 BookOrbit — reading platform for ebooks, PDFs, comics, and audiobooks with a browser reader, and three-way sync of progress and highlights between the browser, Kobo devices, and KOReader. Imports directly from Grimmory, Calibre Web Automated, and Audiobookshelf if you already have a library elsewhere.
Why Bundle Instead of Picking One?
- ⚡ Two paths, better coverage: Debrid covers the majority of popular titles instantly from cache. The audiobook search-and-send apps, Prowlarr/Jackett, and Shelfmark cover the long tail — obscure titles, older recordings, niche narrators. Running both means you rarely come up empty.
- 🔗 Debrid and download paths integrate: Decypharr sits between AudioBookRequest and your debrid account. When AudioBookRequest finds a match, Decypharr checks the debrid cache first — if it’s there, it’s in Audiobookshelf in seconds. If not, it falls through to a real download. You get debrid speed where possible without giving up download coverage.
- 📂 Shared storage: all ten apps share the same backing storage. Decypharr’s symlinks into the system debrid mount, audiobook app downloads, Shelfmark results — all visible from the same directory that Audiobookshelf scans.
- 🌐 One subdomain, one SSO, one subscription: single ElfHosted subdomain hosts all ten apps, single SSO, $19/month — see the savings table above.
- 🔄 Updates handled across the bundle: ElfHosted keeps every app current.
Which Bundle Should You Pick?
Five ElfHosted reading-stack bundles cover different reading profiles:
- AudioBookWorm Bundle (this product, $19/month) — audiobooks only. The full stack: Audiobookshelf, debrid path, and traditional download automation.
- eBookWorm Bundle ($19/month) — text ebooks only. Different stack: Grimmory, Calibre Web Automated, Shelfmark, Openbooks.
- ComicBookWorm Bundle ($19/month) — comics, manga, and anime metadata. Komga + Kavita + Kapowarr + Shoko.
- StoryBookWorm Bundle ($29/month) — ebooks + audiobooks combined, with Storyteller for synchronised reading/listening (Whispersync-style). Includes the audiobook automation stack plus Grimmory and Storyteller. The right pick if you read and listen to the same titles.
- SuperBookWorm Bundle ($39/month) — everything: ebooks + audiobooks + comics + anime in one subscription.
Pick AudioBookWorm if audiobooks are your primary collection and you don’t need text ebooks or comics. Pick StoryBookWorm if you also read text ebooks and want Whispersync-style sync. Pick SuperBookWorm if you cover all formats.
Why Run the AudioBookWorm Bundle on ElfHosted?
Ten apps on shared storage, with the download paths lined up:
- Decypharr connects AudioBookRequest grabs to a system-managed debrid mount via symlinks — cached titles appear in Audiobookshelf without local download.
- AudioBookRequest searches through Prowlarr once you add its API key; the audiobook search-and-send apps drop downloads into Audiobookshelf’s watch folder; Shelfmark has the same target path.
- HTTPS on your own ElfHosted subdomain — the Audiobookshelf mobile app connects from anywhere without VPN or port-forwarding.
- Cloud-storage backend via rclone — Google Drive, OneDrive, S3, Backblaze B2 all supported for your own audiobook files.
- Single subscription covering all ten apps — see the standalone-vs-bundle table above.
- Updates roll out without you touching anything.
Technical Specifications
- 📦 Apps included: Audiobookshelf, Chaptarr, Decypharr, Prowlarr, Jackett, AudioBookRequest, Audiobook watchlist automation, On-demand audiobook downloads, Shelfmark
- 🎧 Formats: MP3, M4B, M4A, FLAC, OGG, and other common audiobook/podcast formats (per Audiobookshelf)
- 📱 Apps supported: Audiobookshelf iOS/Android, any OPDS v1.2 client, web browser
- ⚡ Debrid path: Decypharr symlinks into a bundle-managed debrid mount; requires your own debrid subscription
- 📂 Library storage: bring your own — upload directly or rclone-mount cloud (Google Drive, OneDrive, S3, B2)
- 🔑 Subscription: $19/month, plus your own debrid subscription for the grab paths, which run through Decypharr
- 🌐 Access: single ElfHosted subdomain with TLS and SSO
- 🔄 Updates: handled by ElfHosted across all ten apps
What’s the Bundle Saving You?
Each app in this bundle is sold standalone at $9/month. Buy them separately and the maths is brutal:
| App | Standalone price |
|---|---|
| Audiobookshelf | $9/mo |
| Decypharr | $9/mo |
| Prowlarr | $9/mo |
| Jackett | $9/mo |
| AudioBookRequest | $9/mo |
| Audiobook watchlist automation | $9/mo |
| On-demand audiobook downloads | $9/mo |
| Chaptarr | $9/mo |
| Shelfmark | $9/mo |
| BookOrbit | $9/mo |
| Total à la carte | $90/mo |
| Bundle price | $19/mo |
| You save | $71/mo (79% off) |
Pricing is per-app on the standalone product pages — verify any time.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I run a self-hosted audiobook server stack without self-hosting it?
The AudioBookWorm Bundle — managed Audiobookshelf + Chaptarr + Decypharr + AudioBookRequest + audiobook search-and-send apps + Prowlarr + Jackett + Shelfmark, all sharing storage on one ElfHosted subdomain with TLS and SSO. No Docker, no reverse proxy, no filesystem path mapping between ten separate apps.
Do I need a debrid subscription?
For the automation, yes. The bundle’s download client is Decypharr, so grabs from AudioBookRequest, Prowlarr, Jackett and the search-and-send apps go through your own debrid account. Audiobookshelf plays files you upload or mount without one.
What’s the difference between the two audiobook search-and-send apps?
Both are search and grab UIs for one source. One sends grabs to Decypharr through its qBittorrent API; the other searches through Jackett and sends to Decypharr directly. Use whichever you prefer.
Why both Prowlarr and Jackett?
Prowlarr natively manages most modern indexers, and AudioBookRequest searches through it. Jackett covers audiobook-specific trackers that don’t have native Prowlarr support. They serve complementary indexer lists; running both maximises source coverage.
Does the bundle include any audiobooks?
No. The bundle is the infrastructure — bring your own files, or use the included automation tools to source content from your own configured providers and debrid accounts.
How is this different from the StoryBookWorm Bundle?
StoryBookWorm ($29/month) adds the ebook reading stack (Grimmory, Openbooks) plus Storyteller for ebook-audiobook synchronisation — so you can pick up where you left off whether you’re reading or listening. Pick AudioBookWorm if you only need audiobooks. Pick StoryBookWorm if you alternate between reading and listening the same titles.
The AudioBookWorm Bundle is the complete self-hosted audiobook stack on ElfHosted — debrid streaming for instant access, traditional automation for long-tail coverage, and Audiobookshelf to play it all. Bring your debrid account or your indexers; the nine apps handle the rest.
Getting set up
Your apps arrive provisioned and running, and setting them up the way you like is yours to do. Everything here is documented, and most people are running inside an evening.
Stuck along the way? Ask Sam, the AI helper in your dashboard: he can see your real apps, answers from the docs, and can fix many things once you confirm. If Sam can’t get you there, our team and community on Discord can help, though people take longer than Sam.
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