slskd

Is slskd actively maintained?

slskd is under active development: 1101 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 67 commits a month in the most recent quarter.

The most recent tagged release, 0.26.0, shipped about two months ago — a current, installable version exists today.

Note that slskd 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.

Of the 8 projects we track in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing, slskd ranks #2 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.

What slskd actually does

Slskd is a client-server application designed to interact with the Soulseek peer-to-peer file sharing network. It separates the core sharing engine from the user interface, allowing you to run the service persistently on a remote machine and access it via a web client. This setup facilitates decentralized music and file exchange over the legacy network protocol.

Best fit: This is a strong option if you specifically need to interface with the Soulseek network and prefer a headless, containerised setup that runs continuously on a home server.

Worth knowing: The AGPL-3.0 licence imposes strict copyleft requirements if you modify and distribute the code, and interacting with peer-to-peer file sharing networks often carries inherent legal and network-security risks.

Deployment notes

As a containerised C# application, you will typically need to configure persistent storage volumes for downloaded files and state data, along with a reverse proxy for secure remote access.

Links

• Official website
• Source code