Music servers

Snapcast

• GitHub
• Multiroom client-server audio player
• Comparism: Why not Logitech Media Server / slimserver
• snapdroid android client
• Home Assistant integration

ESP32 clients

• CarlosDerSeher/snapclient
  • Fork of original, stale jorgenkraghjakobsen/snapclient
• Blog article
• Raspiaudio forum: Snacast firmware
• Install on Muse Luxe

Lyrion (formerly Logitech Media Server)

• see slimproto.md

Airsonic compatible

• airsonic-advanced
  • Java
• Apps/clients for *sonic servers
• gonic: go implementation
• navidrome: go implementation
• airsonic-advanced
• anarcat/debian-airsonic
• supysonic
  • packaged in debian

Helm charts:

• airsonic
• gonic

Unmaintained:

• airsonic

Funkwhale

• Website
• Funkwhale
• Python, federation
• Recent releases

Jellyfin

see ../home-theater-pc/jellyfin.md

Music Assistant

see ../../smarthome/home-assistant/music-assistant.md

Sendspin

Listen, control and see your music in every room with Sendspin, an open standard for the complete music listening experience.

Compared to Snapcast:

According to Marcel Veldt, founder of Music Assistant, Snapcast "has so many downsides and on top of that the maintainer is not very interested/active anymore."

• Website
• Used by Home-Assistant/Music-Assistant
  • Sendspin is ESPHome's answer to Sonos-style multi-room audio
• Sendspin Project Board
• HA forum: Audio devices using audio assistant sendspin protocol
  • simple configuration for sendspin mediaplayer on muse luxe (v1)
• HA forum: New experimental “Sendspin protocol”
• Sendspin EspHome Pull request

Clients

• sendspin-cli
• SendspinDroid
  • SendSpin Player & Music Assistant Client for Android

Devices

• see raspiaudio.md