Alternatives to Volumio
A music player operating system that turns a Raspberry Pi or PC into a network audio streamer. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Volumio
A music player operating system that turns a Raspberry Pi or PC into a network audio streamer.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Volumio.
moOde audio player
An open-source audiophile music player and streamer operating system for Raspberry Pi computers.
moOde audio player is an open-source streamer OS installed through Raspberry Pi Imager, with no ads or subscriptions, but it runs only on Raspberry Pi hardware.
piCorePlayer
A minimal Raspberry Pi audio system that works as a Squeezelite player, music server or both.
piCorePlayer is an open-source Raspberry Pi system that works as a Squeezelite player, server or both, with synced multi-room playback.
Mopidy
An extensible Python music server that plays local files, Internet radio and streaming services.
Mopidy is an extensible Python music server that runs on a Raspberry Pi or home server, using MPD and web clients instead of a dedicated OS image.
Lyrion Music Server
An open-source music server, formerly Logitech Media Server, that streams to Squeezebox and compatible players.
Lyrion Music Server is an open-source server built around Squeezebox and compatible players, combining local files, radio and streaming services with plugins.
Snapcast
A multiroom client-server audio player that keeps every client time-synchronized with the server.
Snapcast builds synchronized multiroom audio from your own hardware, but needs a server plus a client on each playback device and is more technical to set up.
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.
spotifyd
An open-source Spotify client that runs as a lightweight UNIX daemon on headless machines.
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.
Plexamp
A music player from Plex for listening to and exploring the music library on a Plex server.
Supersonic
Play music from your Subsonic or Jellyfin server.
