LMS
Lightweight music server with Subsonic API support
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.
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
LMS replaces
Compare LMS
29 head-to-head comparisons.
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- LMS vs Mopidy
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- LMS vs Ampache
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- LMS vs Tempo
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- LMS vs Sonixd
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- LMS vs Lyrion Music Server
- LMS vs Amperfy
- LMS vs Airsonic-Advanced
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