Instead of Spotify

Streaming music with a catalogue, playlists and discovery.

Partly

You can replace the player, the library and the playlists. You cannot replace the catalogue, so the honest version of this swap is buying the music.

You lose: Every album you did not buy, and the recommendations that come with having them.

Start here

Navidrome

GPL-3.0a containeractive

One binary, speaks Subsonic so every client works. Your library, not a catalogue.

github.com/navidrome/navidrome www.navidrome.org

One container, no domain needed.

Also worth a look

JellyfinGPL-2.0an eveningactive
Music works, but it is a video server first and the music UI shows it.
github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin jellyfin.org
AmpacheAGPL-3.0a weekendactive
A proper music server with apps and streaming. It is a library you own, not a catalogue you rent.
github.com/ampache/ampache ampache.org

What the desk has written

Facts checked 8 November 2026. Licences, activity and archive status come from each project's own repository; the verdict and the cost lines are the desk's.