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Your server, set up in minutes

ListenTo.It Server is a single container. It needs a folder for its own data and read access to your audiobooks.

The public server image is not released yet. During early access, ask us for access.

Requirements

  • A computer or NAS that stays on: Linux, macOS or Windows with Docker, or a Synology NAS with Container Manager
  • Your audiobooks in a folder the server can read
  • ffmpeg is included in the image; no other software is needed

Install with Docker

docker run -d --name listento --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 8484:8484 \
  -v /srv/listento:/data \
  -v /path/to/audiobooks:/media/audiobooks:ro \
  listento/server
  1. Open http://<your-server>:8484 in a browser.
  2. Sign in with your ListenTo.It account to become the server's owner, or create a local administrator with a password.
  3. Add /media/audiobooks as a library. The first scan starts right away; a library of 500 books takes a few minutes.
  4. Install the iPhone app or open the web player and start listening.

Synology NAS

ListenTo.It runs in Container Manager on Intel-based Synology models (x86-64) as a Docker Compose project, with your audiobook share mounted read-only. ARM models will follow with the multi-architecture image.

Remote access

To listen away from home and to use the web player at listento.it/app, turn on Administration › Server › Remote access. Your server gets its own address (https://….connect.listento.it) and a certificate of its own.

  • No port forwarding, dynamic DNS or VPN; it also works behind carrier-grade NAT.
  • Encrypted end to end: the ListenTo.It relay forwards the encrypted connection and cannot read it. Your server holds its own private key.
  • Off by default, and you can turn it off at any time. Local listening never depends on Hankinsoft.

Prefer your own domain and reverse proxy? That works too; set the server's public URL and keep Remote access off.

Accounts and people

The first ListenTo.It account to sign in to a new server becomes its administrator. Invite others by email from Administration › Users; they sign in with their own ListenTo.It account. Administrator rights belong to each server and are checked by that server: being an administrator of one server gives no rights anywhere else.

Updating and backups

Your audio files are never modified. The server keeps its database in the data folder, and you can make, download or restore a backup from Administration › Server.