Plinthio

Plinthio is a self-hosted media server for audiobooks, manga and comics, books and PDFs, movies, TV shows and anime. It runs as one Docker container on your own computer, NAS or mini PC, and everyone in your household uses it through a web app they can install on their phone, tablet or computer. Your files stay on your server, and Plinthio only reads them.

Highlights

• One library for everything. Audiobooks, manga, comics, EPUBs, PDFs, movies, shows and anime, each with its own shelf. See Libraries and The Shelf.
• Readers and players built in. A page reader for comics, manga and PDFs, an EPUB reader with highlights and notes, and an audiobook player with chapters, speed and a sleep timer. See Reading and Listening.
• Video that plays in the browser. Direct play when the browser can, and conversion on the server (with GPU support) when it can't. Subtitles, audio tracks, skip buttons, pause screens and casting. See Movies and Shows.
• Watch parties, lists, requests and ratings. See Together.
• Accounts for the whole household. Admin, editor and viewer roles, content limits, Kids Mode, expiring guest accounts and optional two-factor sign-in. See Accounts and Access.
• Offline downloads. Books, comics, PDFs and audiobooks, on the installed web app.
• Reading apps. Mihon, KOReader progress sync and OPDS readers. See Reading Apps.
• Away from home, when you want it. Home-only by default, with optional Tailscale or a public web address. See Away From Home.
• Easy to run. SQLite, no other services, automatic backups, and a database backup before every upgrade. See Installation and Updating.

Get Plinthio

Plinthio is published as a Docker image, ghcr.io/oddomens/plinthio, for x86-64 and ARM. You don't need to clone the repository: Installation takes you from nothing to a running server in three commands.

The source code is on GitHub at github.com/OddOmens/Plinthio.

Product Details

Platforms	Web. Any modern browser, installable as an app on iPhone, iPad, Android and desktop
Requirements	A server that runs Docker (x86-64 or ARM64), or Node.js 22 or later with ffmpeg and poppler
Price	Free
Current Version	1.4.2
License	PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 (free for any noncommercial use)
Source	github.com/OddOmens/Plinthio
Support	support@oddomens.com