Balena Sound Alternatives

Balena Sound is described as 'Starter project enabling you to add bluetooth audio streaming to any old speakers or Hi-Fi using just a Raspberry Pi' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are four alternatives to Balena Sound for Linux, Raspberry Pi, Android, iPhone and Self-Hosted. The best Balena Sound alternative is Volumio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Balena Sound are RuneAudio, Pi MusicBox and piCorePlayer.

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Starter project enabling you to add bluetooth audio streaming to any old speakers or Hi-Fi using just a Raspberry Pi.

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Balena Sound alternatives page was last updated Aug 29, 2022
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    Volumio

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    Volumio is a free and Open Source Linux Distribution, designed and fine-tuned exclusively for music playback. It runs on a variety of devices, typically small and cheap computers like the Raspberry PI, but also on low power PCs, notebooks or thin clients.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi

    Volumio Features

    1.  Stream audio
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    • Volumio is the most popular Android, iPhone & Self-Hosted alternative to Balena Sound.

    • Volumio is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Balena Sound.

    • Volumio is Free and Open SourceBalena Sound is also Free and Open Source
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    RuneAudio

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    RuneAudio is a free and open source software with one specific objective: to transform an embedded platform (a cheap, silent and low-consumption mini-PC) into an Hi-Fi digital music player.

    5 RuneAudio alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    RuneAudio Features

    1.  Hi-Fi Sound
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    • RuneAudio is the most popular Linux alternative to Balena Sound.

    • RuneAudio is Free and Open SourceBalena Sound is also Free and Open Source
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    Pi MusicBox

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    With Pi MusicBox, you can create a cheap (Sonos-like) standalone streaming music player for Spotify, Google Music, SoundCloud, Webradio, Podcasts and other music from the cloud.

    4 Pi MusicBox alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi

    Pi MusicBox Features

    1.  Stream audio
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    piCorePlayer

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    piCorePlayer is a software emulation of a Squeezebox network music player that runs exclusively on the Raspberry Pi.

    83 piCorePlayer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Lossless Audio
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Music Library
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