balena-sound VS owntone-server

Compare balena-sound vs owntone-server and see what are their differences.

balena-sound

Build a single or multi-room streamer for an existing audio device using a Raspberry Pi! Supports Bluetooth, Airplay and Spotify Connect (by balena-labs-projects)

owntone-server

Linux/FreeBSD DAAP (iTunes) and MPD media server with support for AirPlay 1 and 2 speakers (multiroom), Apple Remote (and compatibles), Chromecast, Spotify and internet radio. (by owntone)
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balena-sound owntone-server
35 29
2,329 1,917
1.4% 2.1%
1.0 9.7
14 days ago 8 days ago
TypeScript C
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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balena-sound

Posts with mentions or reviews of balena-sound. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-31.

owntone-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of owntone-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-29.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing balena-sound and owntone-server you can also consider the following projects:

Snapcast - Synchronous multiroom audio player

RPiPlay - An open-source AirPlay mirroring server for the Raspberry Pi. Supports iOS 9 and up.

mpd - Music Player Daemon

shairport-sync - AirPlay and AirPlay 2 audio player

ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer - Stream the sound of your desktop to your Chromecast Audio device

forked-daapd - OwnTone is forked-daapd's new name! Linux/FreeBSD DAAP (iTunes) and MPD media server with support for AirPlay devices (multiroom), Apple Remote (and compatibles), Chromecast, Spotify and internet radio. [Moved to: https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server]

LMS - Lightweight Music Server. Access your self-hosted music using a web interface.

ESP32_ESP8266_WiFi_Speaker_OLED - A MP3 streaming WiFi speaker for ESP8266 & ESP32 chips

Navidrome Music Server - ๐ŸŽงโ˜๏ธ Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic