Used a @navidrome.bsky.social app on my 10 hour road trip today with zero hiccups.

Lean and clean 🕺 (Source: medium.com/@bishakhghos...)

"An open source media server—Navidrome—paired with the right client app is significantly better and more capable than I anticipated. Rather than feeling like a downgrade, it feels like a viable alternative." www.howtogeek.com/self-hosted-...

v0.62.0 of Navidrome is out! - support audio-based similarity through the plugin system - major overhaul to playback reporting and the Now Playing experience - security hardening on authorization & DDOS prevention - five new UI themes - and more! Full release notes: github.com/navidrome/na...

Old favorites are back

No middlemen, no worries. Just you and your music.

Someone built their own self-hosted jukebox with NFC cards so their 2 year old daughter could play music, free from other products' locked ecosystem. It plugs straight into Navidrome! www.pedaldrivenprogramming.com/2026/05/self...

Selling physical books, AI narrating magazines... We can't wait to order robotaxis and book dentist appointments on Spotify's super app! And if music is your thing, there's always Navidrome

New unofficial guide from a community member! "A complete, beginner-friendly guide to getting the very best out of your self-hosted Navidrome music server — from installation to perfect metadata, playback, and beyond." github.com/WB2024/WBs-G...

Quote of the day: "I think notepad on windows 11 is more resource intensive" 😆

"Self-hosting your music isn’t as complicated as it sounds, and the trade-offs are pretty reasonable. You’ll spend some time tagging files and maintaining your server, but in return, you get a library that nobody can alter, remove tracks from, or monitor for profit." mahalsa.us/i-ditched-sp...

Totally legitimate fear, we've seen too many great open source software become enshittified. We are actually starting to think about a legal structure to ensure Navidrome remains open-source and community-centric. What other open-source software have you seen do this well that we could learn from?

Another benefit from Navidrome: your library is under your complete control. You're not locked in if you want to move elsewhere. And you can listen to that same library on whatever device and service you like. Even on your old iPod. Because we all love our old iPod 🫶

Navidrome doesn't sell printed books but we also don't sell your data or lock your music listening experience so... pros and cons 🤷

With Navidrome, you're in control: don't like AI? Navidrome ships free of AI features. You do want AI? Add it in, it's up to you. For example, there's AudioMuse-AI, which brings automatic playlist generation to your self-hosted music library--including Navidrome! neptunehub.github.io/AudioMuse-AI/

Good overview of the pros and cons of self-hosting. Self-hosting is not for everyone, but if you have the technical capacity and the time, the benefits--control, autonomy, and privacy--make it totally worth it! www.archynewsy.com/the-hidden-c...

🚀 Navidrome version 0.61 🚀 Major updates: - Artwork overhaul: per-disc cover art, artist image uploads, animated image preservation, and a faster image pipeline powered by WebP encoding. 1/5 #music #selfhosting #decentralization #spotify

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