Library without the tab pile
Browse with grid or list views, search, filters, and multi-library support. Recently played books stay close, with progress ready when you return.
Available for Windows
Nine Lives for Windows
Your server library, settled in at your desk.
A native Windows home for Audiobookshelf, with streaming when you are connected and downloads when you are not.
Nine Lives for Windows is a native Windows app for your own Audiobookshelf server, with streaming, offline downloads, and a pop-out player. It is available now as a free download from GitHub releases, no Android device required.
Native Windows app
Audiobookshelf library
Offline downloads
The bigger-screen companion
Made for the computer already beside you
Sign in to the Audiobookshelf server you run, then browse, stream, download, and keep your place without living in a browser tab.
Download before the connection disappears
Queue server books for offline playback. Pause and resume downloads, then let locally saved progress catch up when the server is reachable again.
Keep controls out of the way
Use chapter navigation, playback speed, bookmarks, and a sleep timer in the full player, or pop out a small always-on-top player while you work.
A short path to play
Connect the shelf you already run
- Download the installer from the public GitHub release.
- Open Settings and add your Audiobookshelf server address and account.
- Test the connection, let the library sync, then pick a book.
Before you hit install
Questions worth answering plainly
What works in Nine Lives for Windows today?
Everything needed to live with an Audiobookshelf library on a Windows desktop: sign in to your server, browse with grid or list views and multi-library support, stream or download books for offline play, and keep a small always-on-top player going while you work.
Is Nine Lives for Windows downloadable now?
Yes. It is a free download from the Static Hum Studio GitHub releases page, currently built for Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Does it need the Android app?
No. Nine Lives for Windows connects directly to your own Audiobookshelf server and works on its own. The Android app is a separate Nine Lives product for local folders and Audiobookshelf on your phone.
Why does Windows show a SmartScreen warning when I install it?
The installer uses a self-signed certificate, which triggers the warning. Download only from the linked Static Hum Studio GitHub release, then review the prompt before continuing.
Does it work with local audio files, or only Audiobookshelf?
Only Audiobookshelf right now. Nine Lives for Windows is built around your own Audiobookshelf server, not local folders on the machine.
Ready when the server is