Open Source Media Servers Software
Media Servers organize personal libraries of music, video, and audio files for streaming across different devices. These tools centralize digital media collections and provide the necessary protocols to play content on web browsers or dedicated apps. This type of software serves home users and media enthusiasts who want to manage their own entertainment hubs. Self-hosting these apps ensures that audio and video files remain on private hardware. This approach removes reliance on external streaming services and prevents the loss of access to personal media libraries.
This page lists 97 open source tools in the Media Servers category. The most popular are Jellyfin, copyparty and Pear Desktop. Most use the GPL-3.0 or MIT license, and 76 offer an official Docker image.
Jellyfin
Manage and stream a personal media library to various devices via a self-hosted server.
copyparty
Portable file server providing resumable uploads and downloads via web browsers and multiple network protocols.
Pear Desktop
A native desktop wrapper for YouTube Music that adds system integration and customizable visual themes.
SRS
A high-efficiency real-time video server supporting multiple streaming protocols and diverse hardware architectures for live media.
Navidrome
A self hosted music server that streams personal audio collections via a web player or Subsonic compatible apps.
Kodi
A media player and entertainment hub for managing and streaming digital media across multiple operating systems.
MediaMTX
A zero-dependency media server and proxy for publishing, reading, recording, and routing real-time audio and video.
Nuclear
A desktop music player that aggregates streaming sources to search artists and tracks without ads or tracking.
Calibre-Web
Web application for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks stored in a valid Calibre database.
Koel
A personal music streaming server that transforms a local audio collection into a web-based listening experience.
beets
Catalog and organize music collections by automatically improving metadata and tagging via MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Sonarr
Automates the monitoring, downloading, and organizing of television series episodes from Usenet and BitTorrent sources.
MeTube
A self-hosted web interface for downloading video, audio, and captions from YouTube and other sites.
Radarr
Movie collection manager that monitors RSS feeds to automate the downloading and organizing of film libraries.
Audiobookshelf
Self-hosted server for managing and streaming audiobooks and podcasts with multi-user support and progress syncing.
Stash
A self-hosted media organizer and server for managing and streaming diverse video and image collections.
Seerr
Manage media library requests through a centralized interface that integrates with various media servers and services.
Kavita
A self-hosted reading server for managing and sharing collections of comics, manga, and electronic books.
RomM
A self-hosted manager for scanning, enriching, and playing game collections through a responsive web interface.
imgproxy
A standalone server for resizing, processing, and converting images on the fly via HTTP requests.
thumbor
An imaging service for on-demand cropping, resizing, and optimizing images using AI powered smart detection.
Janus
A general purpose WebRTC server for building real time communication services on Linux and MacOS.
zyfun
A cross platform video resource manager and player for organizing and streaming diverse media content.
MusicFreeDesktop
A plugin based music player for desktop that allows custom audio sources and visual themes.
Mopidy
An extensible music server that streams audio from local storage and various online music services.
Tube Archivist
Self hosted media server for indexing, downloading, and organizing YouTube video collections for offline access.
Snapcast
Synchronous multiroom audio player that coordinates audio playback across multiple connected clients in real time.
Komga
A media server for managing and reading comics, manga, magazines, and eBooks via a web interface.
YouTube Music Desktop
Provides a dedicated desktop environment for accessing and controlling YouTube Music outside of a web browser.
MoeKoeMusic
A third party music client for KuGou that provides a clean interface and direct server connections.
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