Is Audiobookshelf safe?

For use with your audiobookshelf server. Audiobookshelf is a free and open source audiobook and podcast manager. Connect to your self-hosted audiobookshelf server and stream your audiobooks and podcasts directly to your device.

Developer: AdvPlyr
Category: Multimedia
First release: 12 Aug 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.audiobookshelf.app

Latest APK SHA-25692183d8ed1205736420b2f8e00e9a0727e9374ad5dd1ac3176433e1c12a3758a

Signing certificate36:48:29:26:56:96:6C:63:D1:B5:7D:93:EA:00:E3:5C:7D:97:51:1E:1F:5B:06:78:A7:17:DA:E7:73:79:39:56

MIN ANDROID24TARGET35ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

12 Aug 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the izzyondroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.14.0-beta12 Aug 202624+→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · izzyondroid

Permissions12 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeCompNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.audiobookshelf.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗