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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iTunes alternatives are mainly Audio Players, but if you're looking for Music Streaming Services or Music Discovery Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Open Source, Windows, Self-Hosted + Open Source, Mac and Chrome OS. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to iTunes.
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  1. Mirlo icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Mirlo is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to iTunes.

    • Mirlo is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Mirlo is Lightweight and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
  2. Volumio icon
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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.

    166 Volumio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. Madsonic icon
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    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 (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire
     
  4. Maloja icon
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    Simple self-hosted music scrobble database to create personal listening statistics. No recommendations, no social network, no nonsense.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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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
     
  6. Huntarr icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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