Alternatives to OwnTone

An open source audio media server that streams your music library to AirPlay, Chromecast and DAAP clients. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as OwnTone.

  • Music Assistant

    Bring music libraries, streaming sources and players into a shared music server.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    Music Assistant is an Apache-2.0 music server that unifies local libraries and streaming providers and controls playback across compatible players, rather than centring on AirPlay and DAAP.

  • Lyrion Music Server

    An open-source music server, formerly Logitech Media Server, that streams to Squeezebox and compatible players.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    Lyrion Music Server streams local files, internet radio and streaming services to Squeezebox and compatible players instead of AirPlay speakers, with a plugin system and JSON/RPC interface.

  • Mopidy

    An extensible Python music server that plays local files, Internet radio and streaming services.

    FreeProprietarymacOSLinuxSelf-hostedCommand line

    Mopidy is an extensible Python music server that works with MPD and web clients and adds sources through extensions, without OwnTone's built-in AirPlay multiroom output.

  • Music Player Daemon

    Run a music playback server controlled through separate clients.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted

    Music Player Daemon is a plain playback server controlled through separate clients, so moving to it means configuring audio outputs yourself without OwnTone's AirPlay and Chromecast streaming.

  • Roon

    Organize a music collection and send playback to supported network audio devices.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Roon is a paid, closed-source music system for Windows, macOS and Linux that combines library metadata with streaming services and sends playback to supported network audio devices.

Also worth comparing

These listings name OwnTone as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Snapcast

    A multiroom client-server audio player that keeps every client time-synchronized with the server.

    FreeProprietaryLinuxSelf-hostedCommand line

    OwnTone is open source and offers synchronized multiroom playback on AirPlay speakers plus Chromecast, with a built-in web interface, instead of running Snapcast clients on each device.

  • spotifyd

    An open-source Spotify client that runs as a lightweight UNIX daemon on headless machines.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    OwnTone is an open-source audio server that plays a music library and Spotify to AirPlay and Chromecast speakers, though Spotify playback requires a Premium account.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.