Navidrome is a lightweight, open-source self-hosted music server that streams your personal music collection via a modern web interface and compatible mobile apps.

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🚀 Overview

Navidrome is a personal streaming service for your music collection, offering a fast web UI and compatibility with third-party Subsonic/OpenSubsonic apps on iOS, Android, and more. It handles massive libraries (tested with 900k+ songs), supports multi-user access, and runs efficiently even on low-power devices like Raspberry Pi.

This project solves the challenge of accessing and streaming large personal music libraries from anywhere without relying on proprietary cloud services, ensuring privacy and full control. It's built for self-hosters, audiophiles, and families who want a lightweight, feature-rich alternative to heavier Subsonic servers.

It was created to provide a modern, performant, and easy-to-use music server with broad client compatibility and minimal resource usage.

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✨ Key Features

• Blazing-fast web player with Material UI and theme support, including jukebox mode
• Supports gigantic collections with auto-scanning, full metadata (compilations, box sets), and multi-language
• On-the-fly transcoding with FFmpeg (including Opus) to stream any format optimally
• Multi-library and multi-user support with granular access controls and sharing
• OpenSubsonic API compatibility for 100+ apps, scrobbling to Last.fm/ListenBrainz, external metadata
• Optional: Upcoming new UI with smart playlists editor, plugins system, improved search

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, React-Admin, Material UI
• Backend: Go
• Database: SQLite (default/embedded)
• Auth: Custom (users/passwords, Gravatar)
• Hosting: Docker, native binaries, systemd (self-hosted)

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Self-hosters wanting to stream personal music libraries privately
• Audiophiles managing large collections with advanced metadata and transcoding
• Families or teams needing multi-user libraries and access controls

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://www.navidrome.org/demo/
• GitHub: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-24

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Yes / Open Source (Free under GPLv3 license, no costs for core software.)

Is the source code available?

Yes — https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome

Can I contribute?

Yes — submit issues/PRs on GitHub, join Discord for discussions, contribute translations or themes via docs guidelines.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://www.navidrome.org
• GitHub: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/navidrome
• Discord: https://discord.gg/xh7j7yF

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