{"slug": "gonic", "name": "Gonic", "category": "selfhosted", "category_name": "Self-hosted and home server", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 3.936, "rising": -0.31, "first": "2025-12-31", "latest": "2026-10-21", "why": "I moved to Gonic because it exposed full file paths which Navidrome didn't at the time", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 5, "neutral": 1, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I moved to Gonic because it exposed full file paths which Navidrome didn't at the time", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/sentriz/gonic", "official_url": "https://github.com/sentriz/gonic", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Gonic", "gonic"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 803021360, "item_id": 50188835, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50188835", "by": "totallygeeky", "date": "2026-10-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "nothing but good things to say about both", "excerpt": "I've used Gonic[1] for music server purposes and Symfonium[2] for streaming said music for a while now, nothing but good things to say about both. The only downside is it does not do automatic media tagging like Plex, but if you ingest with something like MusicBrainz Picard[3] then it'll never be a problem. [1] https://github.com/sentriz/gonic [2] https://www.symfonium.app/ [3] https://picard.musicbrainz.org/", "context": "", "use_case": "music server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Plex laid off the whole player team"}, {"id": 758983744, "item_id": 47436484, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47436484", "by": "kyorochan", "date": "2026-03-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to Gonic because it exposed full file paths which Navidrome didn't at the time", "excerpt": "> Is there a reason to use Gonic instead of Navidrome? Not really. Both are great! I moved to Gonic because it exposed full file paths which Navidrome didn't at the time, but it has since implemented that as well. 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Personally I use Gonic rather than Navidrome, because I don't care about a web UI, but if you go to the Navidrome website and look at the \"Apps\" page it lists every Subsonic API compatible app. There's a lot.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "State of the Fin 2026-01-06 \u2013 Jellyfin"}, {"id": 743700624, "item_id": 46481289, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46481289", "by": "yboulkaid", "date": "2026-01-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Gonic + Amperfy and am quite happy with it.", "excerpt": "If you're into selfhosting, there's a standard API (Subsonic) that has multiple compatible servers and clients. I use Gonic + Amperfy and am quite happy with it. For recommendations I went back to asking friends + smaller online communities", "context": "selfhoster", "use_case": "self-hosted music streaming server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How to go back to listening to MP3s?"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "yboulkaid", "context": "selfhoster", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46481289", "date": "2026-01-03"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["self-hosted music server", "music server", "self-hosted music streaming server", "serving music library"], "compared": [{"slug": "navidrome", "name": "Navidrome", "co": 4, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "symfonium", "name": "Symfonium", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "subsonic", "name": "Subsonic", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "amperfy", "name": "Amperfy", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47428391", "title": "Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46406311", "title": "Ask HN: How to go back to listening to MP3s?", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186318", "title": "Plex laid off the whole player team", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514282", "title": "State of the Fin 2026-01-06 \u2013 Jellyfin", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 2, "compare": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 803021360, "item_id": 50188835, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50188835", "by": "totallygeeky", "date": "2026-10-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "nothing but good things to say about both", "excerpt": "I've used Gonic[1] for music server purposes and Symfonium[2] for streaming said music for a while now, nothing but good things to say about both. The only downside is it does not do automatic media tagging like Plex, but if you ingest with something like MusicBrainz Picard[3] then it'll never be a problem. [1] https://github.com/sentriz/gonic [2] https://www.symfonium.app/ [3] https://picard.musicbrainz.org/", "context": "", "use_case": "music server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Plex laid off the whole player team"}, {"id": 758983744, "item_id": 47436484, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47436484", "by": "kyorochan", "date": "2026-03-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to Gonic because it exposed full file paths which Navidrome didn't at the time", "excerpt": "> Is there a reason to use Gonic instead of Navidrome? Not really. Both are great! I moved to Gonic because it exposed full file paths which Navidrome didn't at the time, but it has since implemented that as well. Gonic doesn't come with a front end so it's a bit lighter if that's something you care about.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted music server", "switched_from": "Navidrome", "story": "Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers"}, {"id": 758961953, "item_id": 47435122, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47435122", "by": "ireflect", "date": "2026-03-18", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "Is there a reason to use Gonic instead of Navidrome?", "excerpt": "Is there a reason to use Gonic instead of Navidrome? I've been using the latter for hosting my music collection for over a year now and really like it. Good riddance Spotify. [1] Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more choices. But it seems like you have opinions on this topic and I'd like to hear them. [1] See my blog post from a while back: https://lukecyca.com/2025/listen-to-music-like-its-2005.html", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers"}, {"id": 758913073, "item_id": 47432067, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47432067", "by": "totallygeeky", "date": "2026-03-18", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Gonic is a.) very light", "excerpt": "For anyone looking for a spotify alternative, please join me in making a better, self-hosted spotify! 1.) Buy music when you can, and when you can't, pirate! 2.) Run Gonic(1)! (or whatever you want, I'm not in charge of what you do at the end of the day, but Gonic is a.) very light, and b.) a subsonic(2) server, so it's compatible with anything that supports that family of services) 2a.) How you run it is up to prefe", "context": "", "use_case": "Self-hosted music server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers"}, {"id": 744249266, "item_id": 46515579, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46515579", "by": "biotinker", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Personally I use Gonic rather than Navidrome", "excerpt": "The Subsonic API is pretty fantastic and the apps that support it are full-featured. The Jellyfin app, while completely capable of streaming music, is far far less feature-ful. 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For recommendations I went back to asking friends + smaller online communities", "context": "selfhoster", "use_case": "self-hosted music streaming server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How to go back to listening to MP3s?"}, {"id": 743101092, "item_id": 46443818, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443818", "by": "skydhash", "date": "2025-12-31", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I also have gonic (subsonic server)", "excerpt": "I have spotify (The duo plan is cheap where I\u2019m at and my SO wanted to use it work). But I do maintain my own collection, mostly because Spotify UI is pure garbage. My collection is store on an old mac mini (with debian). It\u2019s directly linked to an home theater setup via optical. I have MPD on it that I control with Rigelian on my phone. But I often just ssh and use MoC to play music. I also have gonic (subsonic serv", "context": "", "use_case": "serving music library", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How to go back to listening to MP3s?"}]}