Beets vs multi-scrobbler

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.

Beets and multi-scrobbler are closely matched on maintenance health (86 vs 82). Neither is the safer bet on activity alone, so choose on features, licence and the stack you already run.
Beetsmulti-scrobbler
Health score 86/100 82/100
Commits (11 mo) 2239 1500
Commits (last 3 mo) 747 619
Stars 16k 1.2k
Latest release 17 Sept 2026 27 Sept 2026
Licence MIT MIT
Built with Python, deb Nodejs, Docker
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

Beets

Music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger (command-line and Web interface).

86/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 36/40
Releases 25/25
Community 17/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 91% of tracked projects; popularity more than 85%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 170 commits 2025-11: 109 commits 2025-12: 86 commits 2026-01: 134 commits 2026-02: 99 commits 2026-03: 299 commits 2026-04: 411 commits 2026-05: 184 commits 2026-06: 355 commits 2026-07: 246 commits 2026-08: 146 commits

multi-scrobbler

Scrobble plays from multiple sources to multiple scrobbling services.

82/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 34/40
Releases 25/25
Community 8/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 86% of tracked projects; popularity more than 38%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 30 commits 2025-11: 92 commits 2025-12: 106 commits 2026-01: 103 commits 2026-02: 89 commits 2026-03: 154 commits 2026-04: 121 commits 2026-05: 186 commits 2026-06: 185 commits 2026-07: 237 commits 2026-08: 197 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.

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