Music Browser vs Ampache

Music Browser

Music Browser is a light-weight web-based browser and streamer for your music collection. It is runs on most operating systems, and is light enough to run flawlessly on NAS devices. (by henrik242)

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Ampache

A web based audio/video streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music & videos from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device. (by ampache)

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Music Browser		Ampache
	Project
-	Mentions	97
21	Stars	3,447
-	Growth	1.3%
0.0	Activity	9.9
over 10 years ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
PHP	Language	PHP
-	License	GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

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Music Browser

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Ampache

Posts with mentions or reviews of Ampache. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-05.

Release 5.6.4 · ampache/ampache - A few little fixes
1 project | /r/ampache | 29 Nov 2023
Release 6.0.3 · ampache/ampache - New 6 release as well!
1 project | /r/ampache | 30 Sep 2023
Release 6.0.0 · ampache/ampache - it's here!
1 project | /r/ampache | 29 Aug 2023
Does playing through the API, for example, via Dsub, not expose the real IP?
1 project | /r/ampache | 22 Jul 2023

I'm using the nginx config from the installation. I've also tried it via docker as well, but I get the same results there.
The final pre-ampache6 release is out now!
1 project | /r/ampache | 18 Jul 2023
Release 6.0.0-preview2 · ampache/ampache
1 project | /r/ampache | 7 Jun 2023
Ask HN: Flac/MP3 listeners: How do you store/play your music?
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Jun 2023

I'm not sure if this would fit all your needs aside from running on Linux but Ampache [1][2] has been around for a very long time and has the ability to mesh with other instances. It started as a small project run by some students at OSU and evolved over time.
[1] - https://ampache.org/
[2] - https://github.com/ampache/ampache
Releases · ampache/ampache
2 projects | /r/ampache | 18 May 2023

Great news! One thing, the 6.0.0-preview1 section of the releases page says the changes are listed at https://github.com/ampache/ampache/wiki/Ampache-Next-Changes but that points to changes in 5.0. The link should be https://github.com/ampache/ampache/wiki/ampache6-details
Ampache 5.6.1 hot off the presses!
1 project | /r/ampache | 17 May 2023
Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Apr 2023