[Enhancement]: Audiobookshelf User Access Expansion Options #3225

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opened 2026-02-20 03:06:28 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 03:06:28 -05:00

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Originally created by @ShadowDragon117 on GitHub (Oct 20, 2025).

Type of Enhancement

None

Describe the Feature/Enhancement

It would be convenient if there were more settings for user access options.

Why would this be helpful?

This would make it trivial to give certain people access to specific books. Instead of just explicit and tag settings, this would include series, narrator, genre and collections. Explicit is nice but tag option is just so open ended as there are tons of options if you have a lot of book and most of the time a series will contain multiple different tags as the series continues thus making it hard to narrow down certain types of books or series with only a few tags. For example I want my kids to have access to only children books so I have to look through all the books individually and make sure all the distinct tags are allowed, which would take forever. Or a series option would easily let me allow the books I want.

Future Implementation (Screenshot)

Audiobookshelf Server Version

v2.30.0

Current Implementation (Screenshot)

Originally created by @ShadowDragon117 on GitHub (Oct 20, 2025). ### Type of Enhancement None ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement It would be convenient if there were more settings for user access options. ### Why would this be helpful? This would make it trivial to give certain people access to specific books. Instead of just explicit and tag settings, this would include series, narrator, genre and collections. Explicit is nice but tag option is just so open ended as there are tons of options if you have a lot of book and most of the time a series will contain multiple different tags as the series continues thus making it hard to narrow down certain types of books or series with only a few tags. For example I want my kids to have access to only children books so I have to look through all the books individually and make sure all the distinct tags are allowed, which would take forever. Or a series option would easily let me allow the books I want. ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) <img width="1100" height="872" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/731b9d83-191f-473f-8894-38ae29e0fe1f" /> ### Audiobookshelf Server Version v2.30.0 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) <img width="935" height="741" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6e7d840-9555-4618-97fa-2d9ae0ba0694" />