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Mopidy vs Sonus Note - Black Candy

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted media servers options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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MO Mopidy Extensible music server that plays from many sources VS SO Sonus Note - Black Candy Self-hosted Ruby on Rails music streaming server
FeatureMopidySonus Note - Black Candy
CategoryMedia ServersMedia Servers
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
LanguagePythonRuby
Setup difficultyMediumEasy
Min. RAM256 MB256 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metaldocker, source
GitHub stars★ 8,553★ 4,337
First released20102018
ReplacesSpotifySpotify, Apple Music

Why pick each one

Choose Mopidy if…

  • Highly extensible
  • Great for Raspberry Pi projects
Mopidy details

Choose Sonus Note - Black Candy if…

  • Clean modern interface
  • Simple to deploy
Sonus Note - Black Candy details

Frequently asked questions

Is Mopidy or Sonus Note - Black Candy better?

Neither is universally better. Mopidy has the larger community, while Sonus Note - Black Candy is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are Mopidy and Sonus Note - Black Candy free and open-source?

Yes. Mopidy is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Sonus Note - Black Candy under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Mopidy and Sonus Note - Black Candy with Docker?

Mopidy: yes. Sonus Note - Black Candy: yes.

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