Polaris
Music browsing and streaming application optimized for large music collections, ease of use and high performance.
At a glance
- GitHub stars
- 2.7k
- Forks
- 128
- Open issues & PRs
- 25
- Last activity
- 2026-10-26
- Latest release
- 0.16.1
2026-05-08 - Commits (12 mo)
- 69
- License
- MIT
- Language / platform
- Rust, Docker
Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months. GitHub data fetched 2026-11-03.
Run Polaris yourself
- RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
- Docker: yes — image
agersant/polarison Docker Hub (102 pulls) - Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.
Estimated monthly server cost
| Provider | Plan size | ~ USD / month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | 1 GB | $5 | Deploy → |
| Akamai (Linode) | 1 GB | $5 | Deploy → |
| DigitalOcean | 1 GB | $6 | Deploy → |
Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.
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