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Free

Free to use; the source code is published on GitHub.

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Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. PikaPods offers an officially supported paid…

Web, Self-hosted Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
  • Streams your own music library
  • Web player in the browser
  • Subsonic API support, so dozens of existing phone apps work with it
  • A single small binary that runs comfortably on a Raspberry Pi
  • Music only, no video
  • You must host and maintain the server
  • Music only; no video, photos or live TV
  • Quality depends on how well your files are already tagged
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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