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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
8 self-hosted MusicBee alternatives
MusicBee is a Windows desktop music player and media library manager for organizing, tagging and playing local audio collections. It offers playlists, device syncing, plugin support and advanced tagging/playback features. It is a desktop application, not a cloud/SaaS service.
Alternatives to MusicBee
#2
Beets is a command-line music library manager that catalogs collections and automatically fixes tags using MusicBrainz, with a powerful plugin ecosystem.
15.6k stars2.1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Cross-platform terminal music player with library indexing and a built-in streaming server for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi.
4.8k stars320 forksBSD-3-Clauselast 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
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 stars132 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Open-source C++ music server with web UI, Subsonic API, audio transcoding, recommendations, multi-library support and playlists/lyrics features.
1.7k stars88 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Edit audio file metadata through a clean browser UI on headless servers, with bulk editing, smart suggestions, and album art management—no full music library stack required.
726 stars21 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Slowing down
#8
Roon is a music library manager and multi-room audio player that combines local files with streaming services, offers rich metadata, and supports high-resolution playback to many endpoints.
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What replacing MusicBee 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. 6 of 8 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, BSD-3-Clause, AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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