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BookStitch 2.4.0
Audiobook Creation, Simplified.
A calm workspace for your stories.
Turn your audio collection into complete, beautifully organized audiobooks.
BookStitch is a free, open-source Windows application that brings audio import, metadata editing, chapter creation, cover artwork and M4A/M4B export together in one calm, intuitive workspace.
From local audio folders to MP3 CDs and audio CDs, BookStitch helps you prepare, organize and merge your stories — ready to listen in your favorite audiobook player.
Version 2.4.0 is a major step forward from the first public release, with powerful new metadata tools, smarter audio processing, expanded chapter management and a more reliable workflow from import to export.
🌐 Official website: https://bookstitch.app/
Inside BookStitch
What's New in 2.4.0
Richer Metadata & Cover Art
A substantially expanded metadata editor gives you more control over your audiobook library.
- Edit authors, narrators, series, release dates, identifiers and other audiobook metadata.
- Manage multiple values, review source information and confirm intelligent suggestions.
- Use advanced sorting fields and customizable player compatibility options.
- Import JPEG, PNG and WebP artwork, including images dragged from supported browsers.
- Prepare square covers automatically, with configurable transparent-background handling.
Smarter AAC Pass Through
Preserve compatible AAC audio without unnecessary re-encoding.
- A new decision dialog helps you choose between preserving original audio and using your preferred encoding settings.
- Improved compatibility analysis and intelligent fallback handling.
- Faster preparation through reusable audio analysis and fewer redundant processing steps.
- Selectable mono/stereo encoding presets up to 256 kbps.
Better Chapters, Better Listening
Shape your audiobook with more accurate and flexible chapter handling.
- Improved automatic chapter recognition from filenames, metadata and embedded chapters.
- Multilingual chapter patterns and intelligent numbering.
- Enhanced chapter previews, manual editing and timeline accuracy.
- QuickTime chapter markers in finished audiobooks.
Drive Circle — Fully Integrated
Drive Circle is now a standard BookStitch feature.
- Coordinate up to five optical drives for multi-disc projects.
- Improved disc recognition, sequencing and duplicate protection.
- More reliable recovery and continuation of interrupted CD imports.
Projects That Stay Under Control
Keep your work organized, even when a project takes multiple sessions.
- Save, resume and re-export existing audiobook projects.
- More reliable handling of pauses, interrupted operations and missing source files.
- Improved project integrity checks and recovery options.
- Faster analysis and better responsiveness with large track collections.
Refined Experience & 21 Interface Languages
BookStitch also brings refreshed application visuals, improved dialogs, clearer feedback, an interactive help area and expanded localization across 21 interface variants, including Bärndütsch.
Explore the Features
Discover more screenshots, feature details and the complete workflow on the official BookStitch website.
Download & Installation
BookStitch is available for Windows as an installer, a portable application and through the Microsoft Store.
Windows Installer
Download the BookStitch 2.4.0 Setup EXE from the Assets section below and run the installer.
Portable ZIP
Download the BookStitch 2.4.0 Portable ZIP, extract it to your preferred location and launch BookStitch.exe.
No traditional installation is required.
Microsoft Store
Get BookStitch from the Microsoft Store
Install with WinGet
Microsoft Store source:
winget install --id 9P9MH8WL8KGP --source msstore
WinGet Community Repository:
winget install --id irwitzer.BookStitch --exact
FFmpeg & FFprobe
BookStitch uses FFmpeg and FFprobe for audio processing. These components are not bundled with the application and can be downloaded and configured directly from within BookStitch.
SHA-256 Checksums
Verify the integrity of your downloaded files using the following SHA-256 checksums.
Portable ZIP
BookStitch-Portable-2.4.0-RCP20.zip
80a48783a7fc0cc0d2c84a2268c1b2a07c5d2bf3048cc463db716df4c6e1e1fb
Windows Installer
BookStitch-Setup-2.4.0-RCP20.exe
4bbf9115743ecca55be0b9a00ca544585e231b5760ccdfd65610240a4ce97f84
The complete checksum file is also available in the release assets.
Documentation & Source Code
License & Privacy
BookStitch is free and open-source software, released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only (GPL-3.0-only).
No Account. No Sign-In. No Advertising. No Tracking. No Telemetry. No Subscription.
Your audiobook processing stays local. Your original audio files remain untouched.
BookStitch — A calm workspace for your stories.