Alternatives to moOde audio player
An open-source audiophile music player and streamer operating system for Raspberry Pi computers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
moOde audio player
An open-source audiophile music player and streamer operating system for Raspberry Pi computers.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as moOde audio player.
piCorePlayer
A minimal Raspberry Pi audio system that works as a Squeezelite player, music server or both.
piCorePlayer is also a Raspberry Pi audio system but centres on Squeezelite and the Squeezebox ecosystem, with synced multi-room playback and optional music server setups.
Mopidy
An extensible Python music server that plays local files, Internet radio and streaming services.
Mopidy is a Python music server that runs on a Raspberry Pi or other Linux and macOS machines as an application instead of a dedicated OS, with extensions for streaming sources.
Music Player Daemon
Run a music playback server controlled through separate clients.
Music Player Daemon is a bare playback server on Linux or macOS, so switching means installing it yourself and choosing a separate control client instead of moOde's ready-made system.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Shairport Sync
An AirPlay and AirPlay 2 audio receiver that turns a Linux machine into a network speaker.
Snapcast
A multiroom client-server audio player that keeps every client time-synchronized with the server.
Lyrion Music Server
An open-source music server, formerly Logitech Media Server, that streams to Squeezebox and compatible players.
myMPD
A standalone, mobile-friendly web client for controlling a Music Player Daemon server.
OwnTone
An open source audio media server that streams your music library to AirPlay, Chromecast and DAAP clients.
