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)
spotifyd
A spotify daemon (by Spotifyd)
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| owntone-server | spotifyd | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 43 | |
| 1,943 | 9,544 | |
| 2.2% | 0.8% | |
| 9.7 | 7.3 | |
| 4 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| C | Rust | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
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.
- Spotify/Youtube Music alternative?
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Bose SoundTouch WiFi Audio Streaming
There are a few dockers that seem to be able to do what you want. Some can stream local audio to airplay devices what might work with a bit of scripting for your white noise and others might work as a Chromecast to Airplay bridge https://github.com/philippe44/AirConnect https://github.com/1activegeek/docker-airconnect
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Music streaming that handles weird files and playlists
Check out OwnTone former daap, https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server it simply browses the dir, can play playlists but will do just folder(s) play too. As a bonus it can airplay/cast.
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Use Raspberry api to pass high def audio to external fax
The thread here [Pi forum] is long (70+ pages so far) and the documentation is here [Github]
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Can a Shortcut make AirPlay-1 and 2 Speaker Play Together ?
A possible solution, especially if you have something like a Raspberry Pi: Owntone
- How do I use Server as Speakers?
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Forte - An open-source, self-hosted music platform with lots of features!
Check it out; https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server
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Need help setting up local network only MPD server.
Check out Owntone, it supports MPD. https://owntone.github.io/owntone-server/
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Introducing the all-new HomePod | Apple
I set this up after stumbling on it - https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server and it solves a lot of my issues.
- Selfhosted Spotify / YouTube Music alternative.
spotifyd
Posts with mentions or reviews of spotifyd.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-21.
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Ask HN: How is the Spotify app so bad?
For those unaware, it's possible to use alternative clients for Spotify using a 3rd party daemon.
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Use Spotify made for Developers
[Unit] Description=A spotify playing daemon Documentation=https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd Wants=sound.target After=sound.target Wants=network-online.target After=network-online.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/spotifyd --no-daemon Restart=always RestartSec=12 [Install] WantedBy=default.target
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Update on the suggestion for Spotify to take ownership of the Flatpak
you don't need another frontend. preferred client to handle streaming for spotify-tui is spotifyd.
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Spotify users, do you recommend spotify-easyrpm or the flatpak?
If you're using a premium account, you could also try to use the browser to control and spotifyd to play: https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd
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Trying to make e ink device with Linux. Kind of lost
If you want to run Spotify on a Raspberry (or PinePhone or some other device), there’s Spot, which is great, but kinda heavy and slow. There’s Spotify-qt which is faster, requires messing with Spotify developer dashboard, and UI doesn’t fit on small screens. Spotify-qt is itself based on Spotify-tui which runs in the terminal (pretty cool IMO). And a bare client/daemon is spotifyd. So you have quite a few choices there.
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I used a Raspberry Pi and Arduino to fix/upgrade an old broken Jukebox
Spotifyd runs on Linux, can also be recognized by Spotify app as an output requires premium, not sure about touch screen compatability
- As a micro services expert, I know the fix for that: did you try sticking it into a systemd daemon that restarts it automatically when it crashes?
- Spotifyd
- spotifyd: open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon
What are some alternatives?
When comparing owntone-server and spotifyd you can also consider the following projects:
balena-sound - Build a single or multi-room streamer for an existing audio device using a Raspberry Pi! Supports Bluetooth, Airplay and Spotify Connect
raspotify - A Spotify Connect client that mostly Just Works™
mpd - Music Player Daemon
librespot - Open Source Spotify client library
RPiPlay - An open-source AirPlay mirroring server for the Raspberry Pi. Supports iOS 9 and up.
spotify-qt - Lightweight Spotify client using Qt
Snapcast - Synchronous multiroom audio player
spotify-cli - Control Spotify playback on any device through the command line.
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]
ncspot - Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust, inspired by ncmpc and the likes.
LMS - Lightweight Music Server. Access your self-hosted music using a web interface.
spotify-tui - Spotify for the terminal written in Rust 🚀