Navidrome
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
Navidrome is a self-hosted music streaming server — points at your music library, streams to mobile / desktop / web clients, with playlists, smart playlists, scrobbling, Subsonic API compatibility. Fast Go binary, SQLite-backed.
For music collectors who want Spotify UX on their own infrastructure with their own library, Navidrome is the modern choice.
What it's for
- Personal music streaming — your library accessible from anywhere
- Mobile music — official + third-party mobile clients
- Family music sharing — multi-user with separate playlists
- Last.fm scrobbling — track listening history
- Smart playlists — auto-generated based on listening patterns
Who it's for
- Music collectors with personal libraries (purchased / ripped)
- Privacy-conscious music fans rejecting Spotify tracking
- Multi-platform users wanting consistent UX across devices
- Subsonic ecosystem users — Navidrome is Subsonic API compatible
- Self-hosters preferring lightweight music server
Why teams pick Navidrome over alternatives
- MIT license — fully open
- Subsonic API compatible — works with all Subsonic clients
- Lightweight — runs on $3/mo VPS
- Beautiful web UI — modern Vue.js
- Active development — frequent releases
- Smart playlists — auto-generated dynamic playlists
Integrations
- Subsonic clients — DSub, Ultrasonic, Symfonium, Substreamer, play:Sub, Sonixd
- Native clients — official web UI + community mobile apps
- Last.fm / ListenBrainz — scrobbling support
- Authentication — local users
- Music formats — MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, OPUS, WAV
- Tag editing — modify metadata via UI
- Smart playlists — define rules for auto-playlists
Notable users & community
- 12k+ GitHub stars
- Active community on r/selfhosted
- Subsonic ecosystem standard
- Frequent releases
- Strong reputation for stability + performance
Tips & operations
- Library scanning is fast — Navidrome is optimized; even large libraries scan quickly
- FLAC for quality, MP3 for size — pick storage format thoughtfully
- Mobile data usage — clients transcode on the fly; tune quality settings
- Persistent volumes — config + DB + music mount
- Backup metadata — re-scanning rebuilds; metadata backup is fastest restore
- Storage planning — music libraries grow; size disk accordingly
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker compose: Navidrome + persistent volumes
- Pinned
deluan/navidrome:0.54(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Admin user via env config
- Persistent volumes for config + data + music mount
- Subsonic API enabled for mobile clients
- Backup hook covers config + metadata DB
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |