musikcube
Streaming audio server with Linux/macOS/Windows/Android clients.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 2% of tracked projects; popularity more than 66%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 4.8k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 3.0.5 · 21 Sept 2025 |
| Repo updated | 23 Mar 2026 |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Built with | C++, deb |
Is musikcube actively maintained?
musikcube logged 1 commit over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The most recent tagged release, 3.0.5, is about 12 months old.
musikcube ranks #24 of 28 tracked media streaming - audio streaming projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What musikcube actually does
Musikcube is an audio streaming server designed to let you host and access your music collection remotely. It provides client applications across multiple operating systems to playback audio streamed from the host server. The project is implemented in C++ and distributed under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
Best fit: This is a suitable choice if you want a lightweight, self-hosted audio streaming solution with dedicated clients for various desktop and mobile platforms.
Worth knowing: Development activity is currently minimal, meaning you may encounter unpatched bugs or lack of modern features compared to more actively maintained audio streaming alternatives.
Deployment notes
As a compiled C++ application distributed as a deb package, you will typically need to provision persistent storage for your media library and place the service behind a reverse proxy to handle secure TLS connections.
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