Open Source Self-Hosted iTunes Alternatives

iTunes is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are some alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best open source Self-Hosted alternative is Mirlo. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to iTunes and six of them are open source and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Self-Hosted alternatives to iTunes are Volumio, Madsonic, Maloja and Client175.

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  1. Mirlo icon

    Mirlo

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    Mirlo provides a user-friendly space to help musicians sell music, manage subscriptions, and share with their supporters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Mobile player
     
  2. Volumio icon

    Volumio

     12 likes

    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.

    166 Volumio alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Homepage
     
  4. Madsonic icon

    Madsonic

     21 likes

    Madsonic is a web-based media streamer and jukebox fork of Subsonic Based on Java technology, Madsonic runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, OSX, and Unix variants.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire
    Madsonic screenshot 1
     
  5. Maloja icon

    Maloja

     10 likes

    Simple self-hosted music scrobble database to create personal listening statistics. No recommendations, no social network, no nonsense.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Maloja screenshot 1
     
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    Client175

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    Client175 is a full featured MPD web client that provides all of the functionality of a desktop application in your favorite web browser. It was originally named ExtMPD, but I recently found out that the name had already been used.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Client175 screenshot 1
     
  7. Huntarr icon

    Huntarr

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    This application continually searches your media libraries for missing content and items that need quality upgrades. It automatically triggers searches for both missing items and those below your quality cutoff.

    37 Huntarr alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Huntarr screenshot 1
     
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