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LMS

Lightweight music server with Subsonic API support

Media Servers ★ 1.7k stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

LMS is a lightweight, self-hosted music streaming server with a focus on performance and a built-in recommendation engine. It exposes the Subsonic API for compatibility with a wide range of clients.

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Key features

  • Subsonic API compatible
  • Music recommendations
  • Low resource use
  • Scrobbling support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.7k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C++

Trade-offs

  • Smaller community
  • Web UI is functional but plain

Is LMS secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect LMS's latest release (v3.81.0). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-48559, published 2026-06-01 (135 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

LMS replaces

Self-hosted Spotify alternatives

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