Why I built this.
This project exists because I wanted to learn how to build an app—and because navigating my overly complicated Audiobookshelf library had become a chore. It started simply enough: I wanted to standardize genres across my collection. That turned into an elaborate but functional tool for fixing audiobook metadata, which you can download below. It's not perfect, but if you're willing to work with it, it can be genuinely helpful.
From there, things spiraled. Title normalization. Tag cleanup. Series and sequence ordering (still in progress). Description formatting. Each fix revealed another annoyance.
Along the way, I kept running into frustrations with the existing Audiobookshelf apps—and the near-impossibility of sharing my library with friends and family on iOS. Every app I recommended ended with the same response: "I wanted to use it, but it wasn't working, so I didn't."
So I built Secret Library. A tool for me, my friends, and my family to actually enjoy my collection. It will likely work with yours too. It has bugs. It has quirks. It's optimized for my preferences, not mass appeal—some things aren't intuitive by design (hold the skull to find settings). If that frustrates you, I'm sorry. But feel free to fork it and make it your own. This isn't the perfect tool. I just think it's better than what's out there.
