# inAudible-NG/audible-activator

Retrieves your activation data (activation_bytes) from Audible servers. Using https://github.com/inAudible-NG/tables project instead is recommended.

Repository: https://github.com/inAudible-NG/audible-activator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/audible-activator
Homepage: http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html#Audible-AAX
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-06-11T18:28:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4007, "days_push": 813, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1069, forks 164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.826860+00:00)

## What it is
A Python script that retrieves your Audible activation bytes (your own decryption key) from Audible servers using browser automation with Selenium. The key can then be used with tools like ffmpeg, mpv, or ffplay to decrypt and play your own AAX audiobook files.

## Use cases
- retrieve audible activation bytes for my account
- decrypt my own audible aax audiobooks with ffmpeg
- play audible audiobooks in mpv
- get my audible encryption key for archiving audiobooks
- convert audible audiobooks to drm-free format

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight script to fetch your own activation bytes from Audible
- you already use ffmpeg/mpv and just need the key to decrypt your AAX files
- you want a free open-source alternative to commercial tools

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained solution - the project recommends using inAudible-NG/tables instead
- you want to crack DRM on books you do not own - this only fetches your own key
- you need a GUI - this is a command-line script requiring Chrome/Firefox and ChromeDriver setup

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, cli, developer-tools
- domain: media, privacy
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: audible, drm, activation-bytes, audiobook, selenium, ffmpeg, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- inAudible-NG/audible-activator (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.826860+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:54:27.685765+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/inAudible-NG/audible-activator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.826860+00:00, sha 3aec38d59319)
  - homepage: http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html#Audible-AAX (fetched 2026-08-29T12:57:06.753083+00:00, sha 584619b99c43)
  - site_page: https://ffmpeg.org/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:57:06.767772+00:00, sha f032bb905765)
  - site_page: https://ffmpeg.org/documentation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:57:06.770145+00:00, sha e5723522a09e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.