Alternatives to Lyrion Music Server
An open-source music server, formerly Logitech Media Server, that streams to Squeezebox and compatible players. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Lyrion Music Server
An open-source music server, formerly Logitech Media Server, that streams to Squeezebox and compatible players.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Lyrion Music Server.
Music Assistant
Bring music libraries, streaming sources and players into a shared music server.
Music Assistant is Apache-2.0 open source and combines music providers and compatible players in one server, rather than centring on the Squeezebox ecosystem.
Roon
Organize a music collection and send playback to supported network audio devices.
Roon is paid and closed source, needs a licence and compatible playback hardware or software, and adds music metadata browsing and streaming service integration.
Mopidy
An extensible Python music server that plays local files, Internet radio and streaming services.
Mopidy is a Python server extended with plugins, works with MPD and web clients, and runs on a Raspberry Pi, but has no mentioned Windows support.
OwnTone
An open source audio media server that streams your music library to AirPlay, Chromecast and DAAP clients.
OwnTone streams a music library to AirPlay, Chromecast and DAAP clients with synchronized multiroom playback, though it has no Windows server and plays audio only.
Music Player Daemon
Run a music playback server controlled through separate clients.
Music Player Daemon separates playback from the interface and needs a separate client and audio output configuration, instead of Squeezebox player support.
Snapcast
A multiroom client-server audio player that keeps every client time-synchronized with the server.
Snapcast focuses on time-synchronized multiroom playback on your own hardware, but needs a client set up on each device and has no library management.
MinimServer
A UPnP music server for browsing and streaming large, well-tagged audio libraries.
MinimServer serves a tagged music library to UPnP players, with strong classical metadata handling, but it is closed source and some features need a paid licence.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Lyrion Music Server as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Volumio
A music player operating system that turns a Raspberry Pi or PC into a network audio streamer.
Lyrion Music Server is an open-source server built around Squeezebox and compatible players, combining local files, radio and streaming services with plugins.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
piCorePlayer
A minimal Raspberry Pi audio system that works as a Squeezelite player, music server or both.
moOde audio player
An open-source audiophile music player and streamer operating system for Raspberry Pi computers.
Shairport Sync
An AirPlay and AirPlay 2 audio receiver that turns a Linux machine into a network speaker.
Asset UPnP
An audio-only UPnP and DLNA server for streaming a music collection to network players.
Navidrome
A tiny music server for your own collection that works with dozens of existing phone apps.
gonic
A lightweight self-hosted music streaming server that implements the Subsonic API.
