Best self-hosted media streaming - audio streaming

[Audio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio) streaming tools and software.

We track 28 self-hosted media streaming - audio streaming projects. The median health score in this category is 65, against 10 projects rated healthy or better and 4 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.

#	Project	Health	Stars	Built with	Last release
1	Ampache Web based audio/video streaming application.	Thriving · 90	3.8k	PHP	15 Sept 2026
2	Beets Music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger (command-line and Web interface).	Thriving · 86	16k	Python, deb	17 Sept 2026
3	mStream Music streaming server with GUI management tools. Runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.	Thriving · 85	2.4k	Nodejs	26 Sept 2026
4	Navidrome Music Server Modern Music Server and Streamer, compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic.	Thriving · 84	24k	Docker, Go	24 Sept 2026
5	multi-scrobbler Scrobble plays from multiple sources to multiple scrobbling services.	Thriving · 82	1.2k	Nodejs, Docker	27 Sept 2026
6	Audiobookshelf Audiobook and podcast server. It streams all audio formats, keeps and syncs progress across devices. Comes with apps for	Healthy · 79	14k	Docker, deb	16 Sept 2026
7	moOde Audio Audiophile-quality music playback for the wonderful Raspberry Pi family of single board computers.	Healthy · 74	1.4k	PHP	8 Sept 2026
8	koel Personal music streaming server that works.	Healthy · 71	17k	PHP	25 Sept 2026
9	LMS Access your self-hosted music using a web interface.	Healthy · 69	1.7k	Docker, deb	18 Sept 2026
10	BotWave FM broadcasting system with server-client architecture for managing multiple Raspberry Pi transmitters remotely.	Healthy · 69	142	Python	22 Sept 2026
11	mpd Daemon to remotely play music, stream music, handle and organize playlists. Many clients available.	Steady · 67	2.8k	C++	—
12	Mopidy Extensible music server. Offers a superset of the mpd API, as well as integration with 3rd party services like Spotify,	Steady · 65	8.6k	Python, deb	6 Sept 2026
13	Pinepods Podcast management system with multi-user support. Pinepods utilizes a central database so aspects like listen time and	Steady · 65	998	Docker	26 Jun 2026
14	Lyrion Music Server Server software which controls a wide range of Squeezebox/Slim Devices audio players and compatible hardware (formerly L	Steady · 60	1.8k	deb, Docker	—
15	gonic Lightweight music streaming server. Subsonic compatible.	Steady · 55	2.6k	Go, Docker	8 Jun 2026
16	SwingMusic Swing Music is a beautiful, self-hosted music player and streaming server for your local audio files. Like a cooler Spot	Steady · 54	2.1k	Python, Docker	12 Jun 2026
17	vod2pod-rss Convert YouTube and Twitch channels to podcasts, no storage required. Transcodes VoDs to MP3 192k on the fly, generates	Steady · 54	388	Docker	9 Sept 2026
18	Black Candy Music streaming server.	Steady · 52	4.4k	Docker, Ruby	26 Aug 2026
19	AzuraCast Modern and accessible web radio management suite.	Slowing · 47	4k	Docker	17 Aug 2023
20	Audioserve Simple personal server to serve audio files from directories (audiobooks, music, podcasts...). Focused on simplicity and	Slowing · 45	854	Rust	23 May 2026
21	Polaris Music browsing and streaming application optimized for large music collections, ease of use and high performance.	Slowing · 40	2.7k	Rust, Docker	8 May 2026
22	Snapcast Synchronous multiroom audio server.	Slowing · 39	7.9k	C++, deb	10 Mar 2026
23	Supysonic Python implementation of the Subsonic server API.	At risk · 30	287	Python, deb	15 Dec 2024
24	musikcube Streaming audio server with Linux/macOS/Windows/Android clients.	At risk · 25	4.8k	C++, deb	21 Sept 2025
25	Stretto Music player with Youtube/Soundcloud import and iTunes/Spotify discovery.	At risk · 18	635	Nodejs	28 Jan 2019
26	LibreTime Broadcast streaming radio on the web (fork of Airtime).	At risk · 15	937	Docker, PHP	16 Jul 2025
27	Funkwhale Modern, web-based, convivial, multi-user and free music server.	Unrated	—	Python	—
28	Väinö High-fidelity music server for Raspberry Pi with iOS and Android companion apps.	Unrated	—	Python	—

Which one should you run?

If you want the safest bet on longevity, Ampache is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 90/100. Beets is the closest runner-up (86/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.

A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.

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