24kActiveIn your browserGPL-3.0Replaces partlyRuns on your own server
Navidrome is a web-based server that streams the music collection you own to any browser or phone. It is for people who want to listen to their own music library instead of paying for a music subscription.
Runs on your own server · GitHub · Plays only music files you own; no catalog
Not on GitHubActiveIn your browserAGPL-3.0Replaces partlyRuns on your own server
Funkwhale is a program for storing your own music collection and sharing it with other people. It suits people who want to listen to and share music they already own instead of using a streaming service.
Runs on your own server · Own website · Plays only music you upload or others share; no catalog
AntennaPod is a free podcast app for Android phones that lets you subscribe to, download and play podcasts. It is aimed at people who want a simple, flexible way to listen to podcasts.
Pocket Casts is a podcast app for finding, subscribing to and listening to shows on Android. It is made for people who listen to podcasts on their phones.
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Read the list of open-source alternatives at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/music.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
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Here is a list of open-source alternatives to Spotify, from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0):
- Navidrome (GPL-3.0, https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome; replaces partly): Navidrome is a web-based server that streams the music collection you own to any browser or phone. It is for people who want to listen to their own music library instead of paying for a music subscription.
- Funkwhale (AGPL-3.0, https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale; replaces partly): Funkwhale is a program for storing your own music collection and sharing it with other people. It suits people who want to listen to and share music they already own instead of using a streaming service.
- AntennaPod (GPL-3.0, https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod; replaces fully): AntennaPod is a free podcast app for Android phones that lets you subscribe to, download and play podcasts. It is aimed at people who want a simple, flexible way to listen to podcasts.
- Pocket Casts (MPL-2.0, https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android; replaces fully): Pocket Casts is a podcast app for finding, subscribing to and listening to shows on Android. It is made for people who listen to podcasts on their phones.
Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
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