What is Libresonic?
Libresonic is an open source, self-hosted online music streaming service similar to Spotify or SoundCloud. It allows you to stream your personal music collection over the internet to various devices like smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and desktop computers.
Some key features of Libresonic include:
- Stream your owned digital music files like MP3s, FLACs, etc.
- Support for streaming to mobile apps on Android, iOS, Windows Phone etc.
- Web-based player accessible from browsers
- On-the-fly transcoding of music files
- Support for gapless playback
- User management allowing sharing with friends and family
- API access and a wide array of 3rd party apps and extensions
- Caching for reduced bandwidth usage
- Themes and custom branding
As an open source project, Libresonic is free to install on your own server without any subscription fees or usage limits. It gives you control and privacy over your media files while still providing convenient streaming access from anywhere.
SoundWire, Subsonic, Funkwhale, Icecast, Ampache, Airsonic, PS3 Media Server, Logitech Media Server, Koel, TVersity, Madsonic, netjukebox are some alternatives to Libresonic.