Spotify streams a licensed catalogue of music and podcasts for a monthly fee. A personal streaming server instead plays the library you already own, keeps playlists and listening history private, and never removes tracks because a licence expired.
11 open-source alternatives to Spotify you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
jellyfin/jellyfin
|
Media Servers & Video Streaming | 59,235 | C# | today |
| 2 |
navidrome/navidrome
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 24,662 | Go | today |
| 3 |
koel/koel
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 17,343 | PHP | today |
| 4 |
blackcandy-org/blackcandy
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 4,432 | Ruby | 21d |
| 5 |
ampache/ampache
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 3,849 | PHP | today |
| 6 |
agersant/polaris
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 2,742 | Rust | 2d |
| 7 |
sentriz/gonic
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 2,657 | Go | today |
| 8 |
IrosTheBeggar/mStream
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 2,430 | JavaScript | 3d |
| 9 |
swingmx/swingmusic
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 2,091 | Python | 2d |
| 10 |
epoupon/lms
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 1,700 | C++ | today |
| 11 |
airsonic-advanced/airsonic-advanced
|
Music & Audio Streaming | 1,405 | JavaScript | 2y |