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4 self-hosted SHOUTcast alternatives

SHOUTcast is a streaming audio platform and server service for broadcasting live or on-demand internet radio. It offers streaming server software and hosted stream hosting, distribution and directory listing for stations, plus listener connection management and basic analytics.

Alternatives to SHOUTcast

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

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3k stars557 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Supysonic is a Python implementation of the Subsonic API for serving, browsing and streaming personal music libraries with transcoding, playlists and scrobbling.

Supysonic screenshot

288 stars64 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

What replacing SHOUTcast 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. 4 of 4 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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