moOde audio player
An open-source audiophile music player and streamer operating system for Raspberry Pi computers.
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About moOde audio player
moOde audio player turns a Raspberry Pi into a music player and streamer for the DIY audio community. It is installed as a complete image, written with Raspberry Pi Imager from its Media Player OS section, where you set the login, SSH and optional Wi-Fi details before writing the boot media.
It is released under GPL-3.0, with the current release built on 64-bit Debian Trixie. The project states it shows no ads, uses no cookies or tracking, and keeps configuration on the local boot media.
Strengths
- Installs through Raspberry Pi Imager
- No ads, tracking or subscriptions
- Actively maintained with current releases
- Aimed at DIY audio hardware such as DACs
Limitations
- Runs only on Raspberry Pi hardware
- Takes over the whole device as a dedicated OS
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under GPL-3.0, supported by donations.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- The moOde audio contributors
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Operating system
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Building a dedicated Raspberry Pi music streamer for a hi-fi setup
- Categories
- Audio tools, Media servers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to moOde audio player
Compare allSoftware that can replace moOde audio player for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
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 necessarily 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.
