20 self-hosted JRiver Media Center alternatives

Self-hosted music streaming server with a modern web UI, Subsonic-compatible API, multi-user support, and on-the-fly transcoding for large libraries.

22.5k stars1.6k forksGPL-3.0last commit 25 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Kodi is an open source media center for organizing and playing local and networked video, music, and photos with a TV-friendly interface and add-on ecosystem.

21k stars6.6k forkslast commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

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 25 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Beets is a command-line music library manager that catalogs collections and automatically fixes tags using MusicBrainz, with a powerful plugin ecosystem.

15.4k stars2.1k forksMITlast commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted web app for organizing, tagging, and streaming a private adult video and image library with metadata scraping, galleries, and markers.

12.7k stars1.1k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 26 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Mopidy is an extensible Python music server that plays local files and radio streams, and can add streaming service backends via extensions with MPD and web clients.

8.5k stars712 forksApache-2.0last commit 2 Jun 2026Actively maintained

Cross-platform terminal music player with library indexing and a built-in streaming server for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi.

4.8k stars318 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit 23 Mar 2026Actively 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.

4.3k stars216 forksMITlast commit 23 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Dim is a self-hosted media manager that indexes, organizes, and beautifies your media libraries with a modern web UI for browsing and playback.

4.1k stars178 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 21 Sept 2025Slowing down

Ampache is a web-based audio and video streaming app and file manager for accessing and streaming your organized music and video collection from almost any device.

3.8k stars605 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open-source TV streaming server and DVR for Linux supporting DVB/ATSC/IPTV inputs and HTSP/HTTP streaming.

3.5k stars971 forksGPL-3.0last commit 20 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted music library manager that unifies local and streaming sources and streams to many player ecosystems with Home Assistant integration.

2.9k stars512 forksApache-2.0last commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

MPD is a modular, network-controlled music server that streams and manages a local music collection via a protocol-enabled daemon.

2.7k stars418 forksGPL-2.0last commit 15 Jul 2026Actively maintained

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 8 May 2026Actively maintained

Kyoo is a self-hosted video-focused media server for movies, TV series, and anime, with automatic library scanning, transcoding, and modern web/mobile clients.

2.5k stars75 forksGPL-3.0last commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Fladder is a cross-platform Jellyfin client that streams, transcodes, and downloads media for offline playback, with profile switching, library management, and adaptive UI.

2.5k stars152 forksGPL-3.0last commit 22 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Swing Music is a fast, self-hosted web music player and streaming server for your local audio files, with playlists, search, stats, and multi-user support.

2k stars127 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 6 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open-source music server that streams local libraries, internet radio, and streaming services to Squeezebox hardware and software players like Squeezelite.

1.7k stars372 forkslast commit 26 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open-source C++ music server with web UI, Subsonic API, audio transcoding, recommendations, multi-library support and playlists/lyrics features.

1.6k stars85 forksGPL-3.0last commit 18 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open-source lightweight music server offering web-based streaming, tagging, recommendations, Subsonic API compatibility and audio transcoding for personal music collections.

1.6k stars85 forksGPL-3.0last commit 18 Jul 2026Actively maintained