Mopidy
Extensible music server. Offers a superset of the mpd API, as well as integration with 3rd party services like Spotify, SoundCloud etc.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 52% of tracked projects; popularity more than 76%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 8.6k |
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| Latest release | v4.0.3 · 6 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 28 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | Python, deb |
Is Mopidy actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 289 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 27 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 72% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, v4.0.3, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Note that Mopidy depends on a third-party service to work fully. It is self-hosted, but not self-contained: if that external service changes its terms or disappears, your instance is affected.
Mopidy ranks #12 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Mopidy actually does
Mopidy is an extensible music server that implements the MPD protocol while connecting to external audio streaming providers. It allows you to manage and play local and remote audio collections through a single backend interface.
Best fit: It is well-suited for users who want to control their audio playback via command-line clients or dedicated remote apps while streaming from multiple digital sources.
Worth knowing: Extension stability varies depending on third-party API changes, which can occasionally break specific streaming integrations without warning.
Deployment notes
As a Python application distributed via Debian packages, it typically requires system dependencies for audio handling and persistent storage for configuration files and local library databases.
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