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FAQ

Product

How is this different from “TTS reading an article”?

Content is rewritten into spoken structure (open, highlights, close) under your persona, not raw read-aloud.

Where is my data?

Default single-user private deploy — jobs, progress, media under local storage/.
Your configured AI provider receives API traffic for ASR / chat / TTS as needed.

License?

LGPL-3.0-onlyhttps://github.com/vastsa/BokeBox

Install & deploy

Minimum env?

Node >= 22.5, pnpm 9.x — or Docker.

Can’t pull the image?

  • Network to ghcr.io
  • ./start.sh docker.local
  • In CN: ./start.sh docker.cn

Change port?

.envPORT (default 8787). Configuration.

MCP URL wrong behind proxy?

Set PUBLIC_BASE_URL=https://your.domain.

Models

Must I use OpenAI official?

No. Any OpenAI-compatible Chat / ASR / TTS via OPENAI_BASE_URL.

Demo mode?

When critical models are missing, degraded/demo paths may run — check get_system_health and UI hints.

Jobs

Stuck on a stage?

  1. Job detail error text
  2. Matching model (ASR / Chat / TTS)
  3. Retry / re-run from that step
  4. Server logs

Only regenerate audio?

Re-run from TTS / synthesize, reusing the script if still present.

URL fetch fails?

Login walls / anti-bot → local upload or a custom Source plugin.

Plugins

Where do they live?

text
storage/plugins/{source|asr|tts|schedule}/<dir>/

Rescan in Settings or POST /api/...-plugins/rescan.

High-risk plugins off by default?

Yes when riskLevel: high.

MCP

Token leaked?

Rotate/reset under Settings → MCP; scrub client configs from public repos.

Docs site

bash
pnpm docs:dev

Language switcher: 简体中文 / English in the nav.

Settings map: Settings.

Still stuck?

Issues: https://github.com/vastsa/BokeBox/issues
Include version, run mode (Docker/pnpm), redacted logs.