selfhosted-music-overview

selfhosted-music-overview intends to provide an overview of self-hostable music streaming servers and clients.

Table of Contents

1. Server Overview
2. Client Overview
3. Emoji Definitions
4. How to Contribute
5. Footnotes

Server Overview

	Scrobbling	Jukebox Mode	Read Tags	Write Tags	API	Share Music	Multi-User	Multi-Library	Smart Playlists	Heart/ Favorites	5 Star Rating	Replay Gain	Transcode	DLNA	Multi-Room	free	Demo	Source Code	License	Reviewed Version
Airsonic	✔️		✔️	✔️	subsonic		✔️	✔️		✔️			✔️	✔️💲		✔️💲	❌	GitHub	GPLv3	10.6.2	Airsonic
Ampache			✔️	✔️	subsonic		✔️		✔️	✔️	✔️		✔️	✔️		✔️	Demo	GitHub	aGPLv3	5.1.0	Ampache
Jellyfin	✔️ 1	❌	✔️	✔️	jellyfin, subsonic2	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️		✔️	Demo	GitHub	GPLv2	10.7.7	Jellyfin
Funkwhale			✔️		WIP custom, subsonic	✔️										✔️	❌	GitLab	❔		Funkwhale
Lightweight Music Server	✔️		✔️	✔️	❔		✔️		✔️	✔️						✔️	Demo	GitHub	GPLv3		Lightweight Music Server
Logitech Media Server	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❔	✔️ 3	✔️ ❔ 4	✔️ 5	✔️ 6	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️		✔️	❌	GitHub	GPLv2	8.2	Logitech Media Server
mStream			✔️		❔	✔️			❌		✔️	✔️	✔️			✔️	Demo	GitHub	GPLv3	5.8.1	mStream
Navidrome	✔️	❌ 7	✔️	❌	subsonic	❌ 7	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️		✔️	Demo	GitHub	GPLv3	0.46.0	Navidrome
Plex	last.fm	✔️	✔️	✔️	❔	✔️ 💲	✔️	✔️	✔️💲	✔️	✔️	✔️💲	✔️	✔️		✔️💲	Demo	GitHub	❔	❔	Plex
Polaris	last.fm	❔	✔️	❌	custom	❔	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️						✔️	❌	GitHub	MIT	0.13.5	Polaris
	Scrobbling	Jukebox Mode	Read Tags	Write Tags	API	Share Music	Multi-User	Multi-Library	Smart Playlists	Heart/ Favorites	5 Star Rating	Replay Gain	Transcode	DLNA	Multi-Room	free	Demo	Source Code	License	Reviewed Version

Client Overview

	OS	Gapless Playback	Album View	Songs View	Folder View	Artist View	Genre View	Decade View	Year View	Playlist Support	Most Played Song	Most Played Album	Recently Played Song	Recently Played Album	Recently Added Song	Recently Added Album	Frequently Played Album	Offline Mode	Download Music	Podcasts	Scrobbling	Musicbrainz	Similar Songs	Artist Top Songs	Shuffle Play	Random Album	Favorites / Starred / Bookmark	5 Stars	Search function	Chromecast Support	Android Auto	Dark Mode	Themeable	Open Source	free	Smart Recommendations	Video Support	Internet Radio	API	f-droid	Source Code	License	Reviewed Version
Dsub	Android	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❔	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	subsonic	✔️ 8	GitHub	GPLv3	5.5.2	Dsub
Finamp	Android, iOS	❔	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	Jellyfin	✔️ Link	Github	MPL 2.0	0.5.1	Finamp
Gelli	Android	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❔	❌	❌	jellyfin	✔️ 9	GitHub	GPLv3	1.3.2	Gelli
Polaris Android	Android	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❔	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	custom	✔️ 10	GitHub	MIT	0.13.5	Polaris Android
substreamer	Android	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❔	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	subsonic	❌	❌	❔	0.5.1	substreamer
Subtracks	Android	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❔11	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	⚪	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	subsonic	✔️ 12	GitHub	GPLv3	1.0.1	Subtracks
Ultrasonic	Android	❔	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	subsonic	✔️ 13	GitHub	GPLv3	2.23.1	Ultrasonic
Navidrome	Web	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️14	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❔	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	subsonic	⚪	GitHub	GPLv3	0.46.0	Navidrome
Polaris Web	Web	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	⚪	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	custom	⚪	GitHub	MIT	0.13.5	Polaris Web
Tauon Music Box	Linux	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	Jellyfin, Plex, Koel, Emby, Spotify	⚪	Github	GPLv3	6.8.2	Tauon Music Box
Jellyamp	L, W, M	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	Jellyfin	⚪	Github	MIT	1.1.1	Jellyamp
Sonixd	L, W, M	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌15	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	Jellyfin, Subsonic	⚪	Github	GPLv3	0.8.5	Sonixd
	OS	Gapless Playback	Album View	Songs View	Folder View	Artist View	Genre View	Decade View	Year View	Playlist Support	Most Played Song	Most Played Album	Recently Played Song	Recently Played Album	Recently Added Song	Recently Added Album	Frequently Played Album	Offline Mode	Download Music	Podcasts	Scrobbling	Musicbrainz	Similar Songs	Artist Top Songs	Shuffle Play	Random Album	Favorites / Starred / Bookmark	5 Stars	Search function	Chromecast Support	Android Auto	Dark Mode	Themeable	Open Source	free	Smart Recommendations	Video Support	Internet Radio	API	f-droid	Source Code	License	Reviewed Version

Emoji Definitions

• ✔️ means yes, it is supported
• ❌ means no, it is not supported
• 💲 means the service/feature has a price p where p>0
• ❔ means help wanted, original author wasn't sure or couldn't judge the covered topic.
• ⚪ means the feature doesn't apply to this service and cannot be evaluated.
• an empty cell is missing information. It is not intentionally left blank.

How to Contribute (WIP)

• work in an editor that supports no forced line breaks, otherwise you can't read the raw markdown table. VSCodium, Atom and others are suitable for raw markdown editing.

• work in an editor that supports some sort of WYSIWYG like Typora otherwise it is a real mess to fill a markdown table. Typora can clean the final raw markdown table as well.

• To add a service it is always good to take the current version of the table to match the columns. I'll try to merge all PRs in a timely manner.

• open issue or a PR

• matrix-room: #selfhosted-music-overview

Footnotes

Footnotes

1. https://github.com/jesseward/jellyfin-plugin-lastfm ↩

2. https://github.com/nvllsvm/jellysub ↩

3. Native Plugin enabling UPnP/DNLA support ↩

4. needs review ↩

5. Plugin ↩

6. works best if music library has been analysed by MusicIP beforehand, otherwise limited capability ↩

7. on navidrome''s public road map ↩ ↩²

8. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/github.daneren2005.dsub/ ↩

9. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dkanada.gramophone/ ↩

10. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/agersant.polaris/ ↩

11. There is a download button. It doesn't work for me. ↩

12. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.subtracks/ ↩

13. https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/org.moire.ultrasonic/ ↩

14. Can't write tags to file. ↩

15. Is planned ↩