Self-hosted alternatives to Spotify
Want music streaming from your own library without handing your data to Spotify? These 25 open-source apps run on your own server. Cheapest estimated hosting starts at about $5/month.
| App | Health | Stars | License | Docker | RAM (est.) | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mopidy direct | Actively maintained | 8.6k | Apache-2.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| SwingMusic direct | Actively maintained | 2.1k | MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Mediagoblin direct | Health unknown | – | AGPL-3.0 | – | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| üWave direct | Health unknown | – | MIT | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Navidrome Music Server | Actively maintained | 24.5k | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| koel | Actively maintained | 17.3k | MIT | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Beets | Actively maintained | 15.9k | MIT | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Audiobookshelf | Actively maintained | 14.9k | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Snapcast | Actively maintained | 8k | GPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Black Candy | Actively maintained | 4.4k | MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Ampache | Actively maintained | 3.8k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| mpd | Actively maintained | 2.8k | GPL-2.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Polaris | Actively maintained | 2.7k | MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| gonic | Actively maintained | 2.6k | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| mStream | Actively maintained | 2.4k | GPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Lyrion Music Server | Actively maintained | 1.8k | GPL-2.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| LMS | Actively maintained | 1.7k | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| moOde Audio | Actively maintained | 1.5k | GPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| musikcube | Maintained | 4.9k | BSD-3-Clause | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Audioserve | Actively maintained | 863 | MIT | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| LibreTime | Maintained | 936 | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Stretto | Maintained | 634 | MIT | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Supysonic | Maintained | 290 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Funkwhale | Health unknown | – | BSD-3-Clause | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Väinö | Health unknown | – | ⊘ Proprietary | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
The options in detail
1. Mopidy
Extensible music server. Offers a superset of the mpd API, as well as integration with 3rd party services like Spotify, SoundCloud etc.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v4.0.5 (2026-10-16). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
2. SwingMusic
Beautiful music player and streaming server for your local audio files. Like a cooler Spotify ... but bring your own music.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-05. Latest release v3.0.0 (2026-06-12). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
3. Mediagoblin
Media publishing platform that anyone can run (alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud).
Health unknown Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
4. üWave
Collaborative listening platform. Users take turns playing media—songs, talks, gameplay videos, or anything else—from a variety of media sources like YouTube and SoundCloud.
Health unknown Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
6. koel
Personal music streaming server that works.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v9.15.0 (2026-09-28). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
7. Beets
Music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger (command-line and Web interface).
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v2.14.1 (2026-09-17). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
8. Audiobookshelf
Audiobook and podcast server. It streams all audio formats, keeps and syncs progress across devices. Comes with apps for Android and iOS.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-01. Latest release v2.37.2 (2026-10-23). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
9. Snapcast
Synchronous multiroom audio server.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-28. Latest release v0.35.0 (2026-03-10). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
10. Black Candy
Music streaming server.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-07. Latest release v3.2.1 (2026-08-26). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
11. Ampache
Web based audio/video streaming application.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-03. Latest release 8.3.0 (2026-10-20). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
12. mpd
Daemon to remotely play music, stream music, handle and organize playlists. Many clients available.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
13. Polaris
Music browsing and streaming application optimized for large music collections, ease of use and high performance.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-26. Latest release 0.16.1 (2026-05-08). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
14. gonic
Lightweight music streaming server. Subsonic compatible.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v0.23.0 (2026-10-22). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
15. mStream
Music streaming server with GUI management tools. Runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-03. Latest release v6.32.3 (2026-11-02). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
16. Lyrion Music Server
Server software which controls a wide range of Squeezebox/Slim Devices audio players and compatible hardware (formerly Logitech Media Server).
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-30. Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
17. LMS
Access your own music using a web interface.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-09-18. Latest release v3.81.0 (2026-09-18). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
18. moOde Audio
Audiophile-quality music playback for the wonderful Raspberry Pi family of single board computers.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-03. Latest release r1037 (2026-11-01). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
19. musikcube
Streaming audio server with Linux/macOS/Windows/Android clients.
Maintained Last activity 2026-03-23. Latest release 3.0.5 (2025-09-21). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
20. Audioserve
Simple personal server to serve audio files from directories (audiobooks, music, podcasts...). Focused on simplicity and supports sync of play position between clients.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v0.30.1 (2026-05-23). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
21. LibreTime
Broadcast streaming radio on the web (fork of Airtime).
Maintained Last activity 2026-10-29. Latest release 4.5.0 (2025-07-16). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
22. Stretto
Music player with Youtube/Soundcloud import and iTunes/Spotify discovery.
Maintained Last activity 2026-07-09. Latest release 2.0.0 (2019-01-28). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
23. Supysonic
Python implementation of the Subsonic server API.
Maintained Last activity 2026-10-20. Latest release 0.7.9 (2024-12-15). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
24. Funkwhale
Modern, web-based, convivial, multi-user and free music server.
Health unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
25. Väinö
High-fidelity music server for Raspberry Pi with iOS and Android companion apps.
Health unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
Why self-host instead of Spotify?
- Own your data — it lives on a server you control, with backups you decide on.
- Predictable cost — a small VPS often replaces per-seat pricing for a whole team or family.
- No lock-in — open-source licenses let you keep running the software even if a vendor disappears.
The trade-off: you are responsible for updates, backups and security. Pick an app marked Actively maintained and with Docker support for the easiest ride.
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