#1
Jellyfin is a free, self-hosted media server to organize, manage, and stream movies, TV, music, and photos to web, mobile, and TV clients.
56.2k stars5.4k forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
19 self-hosted Universal Media Server alternatives
DLNA/UPnP media server for local networks that discovers and streams video, audio and photo libraries to TVs, game consoles and other clients. Supports on-the-fly transcoding and format conversion to ensure compatibility with different devices.
Alternatives to Universal Media Server
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
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
#4
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
#5
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.
8.6k stars719 forksApache-2.0last 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
Self-hosted music library manager that unifies local and streaming sources and streams to many player ecosystems with Home Assistant integration.
3k stars557 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#8
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
#9
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
#10
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
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
#14
Open-source self-hosted music server for collectors with flexible metadata parsing, multiple releases/versions support, music-video handling and Docker deployment.
1.4k stars39 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#15
Gerbera is an open source UPnP/DLNA media server that streams your music, photos, and videos to compatible devices on your home network, with a web UI and optional transcoding.
1.4k stars225 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#16
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
#17
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
#18
Rygel is a DLNA/UPnP AV media server and renderer that shares audio, video, and photos to TVs, consoles, and speakers, with optional on-the-fly transcoding.
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#19
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 Universal Media Server 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. 17 of 19 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, MIT, Apache-2.0, AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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