Lissen - Clean Audiobookshelf Player

   

📢 20.08.2025 Project update

Starting from release 1.6.10,
Lissen provides two APK variants (Common + Android Auto).
See Android Auto Support for details.

Features

• Beautiful Interface: Intuitive design that makes browsing and listening to your audiobooks easy and enjoyable.
• Cloud Sync: Automatically syncs your audiobook progress across devices, keeping everything up to date no matter where you are.
• Streaming Support: Stream your audiobooks directly from the cloud without needing to download them first.
• Offline Listening: Download audiobooks to listen offline, ideal for those who want to access their collection without an internet connection.

Screenshots

Disclaimer

Lissen is not a clone of the official Audiobookshelf app and does not aim to replicate all of its features. The goal of this project is to provide a minimalistic interface and a seamless experience for listening to audiobooks and podcasts.

If there’s a feature you feel is missing or would significantly improve your experience, feel free to open an issue and share your suggestion. While not every feature request will be implemented, all ideas are welcome and will be thoughtfully considered.

Building

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/grakovne/lissen.git

2. Setup the SDK into your local.properties file

nano local.properties

3. Open the project in Android Studio or build it manually

./gradlew assembleDebug # Debug Build
./gradlew assembleRelease # Release Build

5. Build and run the app on an Android device or emulator.

Localization

Help us translate Lissen into more languages! We use Weblate to manage translations.

Current localization status:

To contribute:

1. Visit the Lissen translation project.
2. Sign up or log in to Weblate.
3. Start translating or reviewing existing translations for your preferred language.

Android Auto Support

Google Play rejected publication of the app because partial Android Auto integration did not meet the official quality checklist.

Current state:

• The main branch is the latest stable build every moment.
• The dedicated release/stable contains the lastest Play Store–compliant release.
• The dedicated release/android-auto branch preserves Android Auto functionality.
• Starting from release 1.6.10 every release contains:
  • Common APK – identical to the Play Store version, without Android Auto.
  • Android Auto APK – fully supported and feature-equivalent, with Android Auto enabled.

Temporary status:
This dual-release setup is a temporary solution until full compliance with Google’s Android Auto quality checklist can be achieved.
At this moment, fully removing Android Auto is not an option since some users rely on it,
but dedicating the required time to implement full compliance is also not possible.

Demo Environment

You can connect to a demo Audiobookshelf instance through the Lissen app:

URL: https://demo.lissenapp.org/

Username: demo
Password: demo

This instance is contains only Public Domain audiobooks from LibriVox

License

Lissen is open-source and licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.