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-only — https://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?
.env → PORT (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?
- Job detail error text
- Matching model (ASR / Chat / TTS)
- Retry / re-run from that step
- 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?
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
pnpm docs:devLanguage 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.
