Ampache vs Navidrome Music Server

Both are self-hosted media streaming - audio streaming projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Ampache scores 90 against Navidrome Music Server's 84, putting it slightly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — Navidrome Music Server may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
AmpacheNavidrome Music Server
Health score 90/100 84/100
Commits (11 mo) 2859 715
Commits (last 3 mo) 2127 229
Stars 3.8k 24k
Latest release 15 Sept 2026 24 Sept 2026
Licence AGPL-3.0 GPL-3.0
Built with PHP Docker, Go
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

Ampache

Web based audio/video streaming application.

90/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 37/40
Releases 25/25
Community 12/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 93% of tracked projects; popularity more than 62%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 56 commits 2025-11: 19 commits 2025-12: 61 commits 2026-01: 133 commits 2026-02: 97 commits 2026-03: 13 commits 2026-04: 53 commits 2026-05: 300 commits 2026-06: 836 commits 2026-07: 618 commits 2026-08: 673 commits

Navidrome Music Server

Modern Music Server and Streamer, compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic.

84/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 29/40
Releases 25/25
Community 18/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 73% of tracked projects; popularity more than 90%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 10 commits 2025-11: 69 commits 2025-12: 44 commits 2026-01: 54 commits 2026-02: 81 commits 2026-03: 114 commits 2026-04: 71 commits 2026-05: 43 commits 2026-06: 62 commits 2026-07: 78 commits 2026-08: 89 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted media streaming - audio streaming.