Navidrome Overview

Navidrome can be used as a standalone server, that allows you to browse and listen to your music collection using a web browser.

It can also work as a lightweight Subsonic-API compatible server, that can be used with any Subsonic compatible client.

Features

• Very low resource usage. Runs well even on simple Raspberry Pi Zero and old hardware setups
• Handles very large music collections
• Streams virtually any audio format available
• Reads and uses all your beautifully curated metadata
• Great support for compilations (Various Artists albums) and box sets (multi-disc albums)
• Multi-user, each user has their own play counts, playlists, favorites, etc..
• Multi-platform, runs on macOS, Linux and Windows. Docker images are also provided
• Ready to use, official, Raspberry Pi binaries and Docker images available
• Automatically monitors your library for changes, importing new files and reloading new metadata
• Themeable, modern and responsive Web interface based on Material UI and React-Admin
• Compatible with all Subsonic/Madsonic/Airsonic clients. See below for a list of tested clients
• Transcoding on the fly. Can be set per user/player. Opus encoding is supported
• Translated to 17 languages (and counting)
• Full support for playlists, with option to auto-import .m3u files and to keep them in sync
• Smart/dynamic playlists (similar to iTunes). More info here
• Scrobbling to Last.fm, ListenBrainz and Maloja (via custom ListenBrainz URL)
• Sharing public links to albums/songs/playlists
• Reverse Proxy authentication*
• Jukebox mode allows playing music on an audio device attached to the server, and control from a client

Features supported by the Subsonic API

• Tag-based browsing/searching
• Simulated browsing by folders (see note below)
• Playlists
• Bookmarks (for Audiobooks)
• Starred (favourites) Artists/Albums/Tracks
• 5-Star Rating for Artists/Albums/Tracks
• Transcoding and Downsampling
• Get/Save Play Queue (to continue listening in a different device)
• Last.fm and ListenBrainz scrobbling
• Artist Bio from Last.fm
• Artist Images from Spotify (requires configuration)
• Album images and description from Last.fm
• Lyrics (currently only from embedded tags)
• Internet Radios
• Jukebox mode
• Shares (experimental support)

Apps

Besides its own Web UI, Navidrome should be compatible with all Subsonic clients. The following clients are tested and confirmed to work properly:

• Android
• iOS
• Web
• Desktop
• Other

For more options, look at the list of clients maintained by the Airsonic project.

Road map

This project is in active development. Expect a more polished experience and new features/releases on a frequent basis. Some upcoming features planned:

• Multiple libraries
• New UI, including a Smart playlists editor
• Plugins