What is Mopidy?
Mopidy is an extensible open source music server that can play music from a variety of sources including local music libraries, Spotify, SoundCloud, and more. It is written in Python and is designed to be easily extended with additional functionality via plugins.
Some key features of Mopidy include:
- Plays music from local disk, Spotify (with a premium account), SoundCloud, and many other sources via plugins
- Supports multiple audio outputs including internal software mixer and external DACs
- Controllable via MPD and MPRIS protocols for easy integration into other systems
- Web-based UI as well as command line control
- Extensible architecture allows building new front-ends and backends
- Available for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems
Mopidy aims to be a simple but extensible platform that can handle all audio playback in a server environment. With its plugin system and protocols it can easily be integrated into existing setups or used standalone. The focus is on high audio quality as well as versatile control and configuration.