gonic
Lightweight music streaming server. Subsonic compatible.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 38% of tracked projects; popularity more than 54%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2.6k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v0.22.0 · 8 Jun 2026 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Go, Docker |
Is gonic actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 157 commits, of which 48 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 16 commits a month.
The most recent tagged release, v0.22.0, is about 4 months old.
gonic ranks #15 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What gonic actually does
Gonic is a music streaming server written in Go that provides a Subsonic-compatible backend for your personal audio collection. It allows you to host your own music library and stream it to various client applications over the network. You can deploy it easily using Docker containers.
Best fit: It is a good fit if you want a lightweight solution to stream your locally stored audio collection using existing Subsonic clients.
Worth knowing: The feature set relies heavily on the Subsonic API standard, which might limit advanced custom functionality found in other bespoke media servers.
Deployment notes
You will typically need to configure persistent storage volumes for your music library and database files, alongside a reverse proxy to handle external TLS connections.
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