Navidrome
Open-source, self-hosted music streaming server with a web player and third-party client support.
HN commenters use it to replace Spotify and other streaming services with their own music library,1234 usually streamed to mobile apps like Symfonium, DSub2000 or Narjo.5678 The most common caveat is the extra tooling needed around it for downloading, tagging and syncing music,9101112 and one switcher found it less smooth than Plexamp.13
Why people recommend it
Streaming replacement · 3
Several commenters dropped Spotify or other streaming services for Navidrome with their own files.
“I ditched all music services and now navidrome+narjo combo, works perfectly well”
“I self host using Navidrome, FreeBSD and Wireguard.”
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“I've been using Navidrome for a while and love it”
Mobile clients · 3
Pairs well with phone and desktop apps such as Symfonium, DSub2000, Narjo and Arpeggi.
“For music, I use Navidrome + Symfonium.”
“client for my Navidrome server”
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“I use explo+slsk+lidarr+navidrome”
Light hosting · 3
Runs on a Raspberry Pi, a small home box or a cheap droplet backed by cloud storage.
“Currently one is hosting my navidrome music server”
“Works quite well for my purposes!”
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“over paperless and navidrome”
Integrations · 3
Works with ListenBrainz, lyrics and metadata plugins, and AI playlist tools.
“works with Navidrome”
“I've been using Navidrome for a while and love it”
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“to my Navidrome server”
Music-only server · 2
Some prefer a dedicated music server over Jellyfin or Plex, whose music support felt weaker or mixed with video.
“Navidrome for music”
“For music, I use Navidrome + Symfonium.”
Caveats and dissent
DIY workflow · 3
Getting music in and tagged often takes a stack of extra tools and custom scripts.
“I use Navidrome for music as well”
“I use explo+slsk+lidarr+navidrome”
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“put all my audio on a streaming server in a local container (Navidrome)”
Less polished · 1
One former Plexamp user said the Navidrome and Symfonium setup is not quite as smooth.
“For music, I use Navidrome + Symfonium.”
Web player · 1
One commenter chose another Subsonic server because they dislike web players.
“I don’t like web players”
Often compared with
4 moved from Spotify to Navidrome
1 moved from Jellyfin to Navidrome
1 moved from Plexamp to Navidrome
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Fastpotify 3 mentions
- Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7? 2 mentions
- Plex laid off the whole player team 1 mention
- Vintage Cassettes: 1963-2010 1 mention
- Picard 3.0 1 mention
- Why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl 1 mention
Also written as NaviDrome. Data: navidrome.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 24
“I use Navidrome for music as well”
“from my navidrome instance”
“over paperless and navidrome”
- Navidrome - Jellyfin - Vaultwarden - Immich - pi agent. I use it through tmux and iSH on my iPhone - librechat. nice UI but honestly I probably jsut use pi more often - copyparty. to visually inspect whatever I create with pi, and to access my documents, to upload files I need on the server quickly and easily from any device
“put all my audio on a streaming server in a local container (Navidrome)”
“works with Navidrome”
“client for my Navidrome server”
“For music, I use Navidrome + Symfonium.”
“OpenSubsonic (navidrome compat) backend”
“I've been using Navidrome for a while and love it”
“I use explo+slsk+lidarr+navidrome”
“to my Navidrome server”
“Navidrome for music”
“I'm also selfhosting NaviDrome.”
“Despite having it on my navidrome library since last night.”
“I ditched all music services and now navidrome+narjo combo, works perfectly well”
“Currently one is hosting my navidrome music server”
“Switched to Bandcamp + Navidrome”
“I self host using Navidrome, FreeBSD and Wireguard.”
“I don’t like web players”
“Works quite well for my purposes!”
“I have my own navidrome server with my music on it”
“If you're using Navidrome or similar to stream your music”
“I probably should use navidrome or a similar technology to serve the files.”