Self-hosted music streaming server with a modern web UI, Subsonic-compatible API, multi-user support, and on-the-fly transcoding for large libraries.
23.1k stars1.7k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
13 self-hosted Jellyfin alternatives
Jellyfin is an open-source, self-hosted media server for organizing and streaming personal movies, TV shows, music, and photos to web browsers and client apps. The core project is self-hosted; hosted instances are offered by third-party providers.
Alternatives to Jellyfin
Open-source web music server that streams personal music collections via a modern web UI and Subsonic-compatible APIs; supports large libraries and on-the-fly transcoding.
23.1k stars1.7k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#3
Koel is a web-based personal music streaming server with a modern player UI, multi-user support, playlists, library management, and optional mobile apps.
17.2k stars2.1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Open-source Ruby on Rails music streaming server that indexes a local music directory, provides web and mobile players, playlists, multi-user accounts, and Docker deployment.
4.4k stars223 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#5
Polaris is a self-hosted music streaming server for browsing and streaming your personal music collection from web browsers and mobile devices, with multi-user support.
2.7k stars128 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#6
Gonic is a lightweight, self-hosted Subsonic API server for streaming your music library with transcoding, playlists, podcasts support, and multi-user access.
2.5k stars155 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#7
Self-hosted Node.js music streaming server with web and mobile clients; supports FLAC/MP3, playlists, gapless playback and visualizer.
2.4k stars208 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Open-source music server that streams local libraries, internet radio, and streaming services to Squeezebox hardware and software players like Squeezelite.
1.8k stars375 forkslast commit Actively maintained
Open-source lightweight music server offering web-based streaming, tagging, recommendations, Subsonic API compatibility and audio transcoding for personal music collections.
1.7k stars88 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#10
Self-hosted audiobook manager that searches, downloads, tracks, and organizes audiobooks from torrents and Usenet with rich metadata and a responsive web UI.
865 stars61 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#11
Audioserve is a minimalist Rust server for streaming audiobooks and other audio files from folders, with a web PWA client, playlists, search, and optional transcoding.
854 stars40 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#12
Open-source web app to view and play guitar and bass tabs. Sync tabs with audio or YouTube, supports Guitar Pro and MusicXML formats, includes MIDI synth and mobile-friendly UI.
541 stars51 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#13
Supysonic is a Python implementation of the Subsonic API for serving, browsing and streaming personal music libraries with transcoding, playlists and scrobbling.
288 stars64 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing Jellyfin actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 13 of 13 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-3.0, MIT, AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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