What is audiobookshelf built with?
audiobookshelf is a JavaScript repo built with Express, Nuxt, and Vue. It stores its data in lru-cache and SQLite, reaches it with Sequelize, signs people in with Passport, express-session, openid-client, and passport-jwt, makes its content with htmlparser2, xml2js, nodemailer, and epubjs, and is tested with Chai and sinon. It has 149,011 written lines, with 47 test files.
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Frontend
Backend
The base 1
- Express31 files · in package.json
Data 2
- SQLite2 files · server/managers/BackupManager.js, line 1
- lru-cache5 files
Data access 1
- Sequelize49 files
Sign-in 4
- Passport4 files
express-session2 files
- openid-client1 file
- passport-jwt1 file
Support
Content 4
nodemailer1 file
- htmlparser22 files
- xml2js2 files
- epubjs1 file
Testing 2
- Chai33 files
sinon25 files
Other 11
- Axios17 files
- date-fns1 file
express-rate-limit1 file
fast-average-color1 file
hls.js1 file
- SemVer1 file
- Socket.io1 file
- graceful-fs14 files
- cookie-parser1 file
- cron-parser1 file
- p-throttle1 file
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Frequently asked questions
What language is audiobookshelf written in?
audiobookshelf is written in JavaScript, with 149,011 written lines.
What framework does audiobookshelf use?
What database does audiobookshelf use?
audiobookshelf stores its data in lru-cache and SQLite and reaches it with Sequelize.
What does audiobookshelf sign people in with?
audiobookshelf signs people in with Passport, express-session, openid-client, and passport-jwt.
Does audiobookshelf have tests?
Yes. audiobookshelf has 47 test files and is tested with Chai and sinon.
Which repos have a stack like audiobookshelf's?
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