Swing Music

A self-hosted music player and streaming server for your own local audio files, used through a web interface.

FreeProprietaryLinuxWebSelf-hosted
Official websitegithub.com

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About Swing Music

Swing Music plays a music collection you already own. You run it on your own machine or server, point it at your local audio files, and then browse and play the library from a web player. The project describes it as a Spotify-style experience where you bring your own music.

The repository includes a Dockerfile, an install script and AppImage packaging, so it can run in a container or directly on a Linux machine. It is written in Python.

Strengths

  • Streaming-service style web player for your own files
  • Docker image and AppImage packaging available
  • Runs entirely on hardware you control

Limitations

  • Only plays music you supply yourself
  • License terms are not stated in the available research

Details

Pricing
FreeFree to download and self-host from the public repository.
License
Proprietary
Developer
swingmx
Platforms
Linux, Web, Self-hosted
How it runs
Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Best suited for
People who want a polished web player for a personal music collection
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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