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Navidrome vs Supysonic: catalog facts
Navidrome	Supysonic
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. PikaPods offers an officially supported paid…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Web	Self-hosted
Subsonic API support, so dozens of existing phone apps work with it A single small binary that runs comfortably on a Raspberry Pi	Works with Subsonic-compatible clients Transcoding for various audio formats
Music only; no video, photos or live TV Quality depends on how well your files are already tagged	No bundled player app Smaller community than Navidrome or Airsonic
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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