Plex AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Music Streaming Services

The best Music Streaming alternative to Plex is Meelo, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Plex and many of them are Music Streaming Services so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Music Streaming Service alternatives to Plex are Music Assistant, Subsonic, Ampache and Madsonic.

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  1. Meelo icon
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    A versatile self-hosted music server offering music video access, B-Side and rare track identification, extensive format support via transcoding, and detailed metadata parsing. Additional features include automatic 'featuring' detection, song version browsing, and genre retrieval through platforms like MusicBrainz.

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    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  2. Music Assistant icon
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    Turn your Home Assistant instance into a jukebox, hassle free streaming of your favorite media to Home Assistant media players.

    9 Music Assistant alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. Subsonic icon
     93 likes

    Subsonic is a free, web-based media streamer, providing ubiquitous access to your music and video. Use it to share your music with friends, or to listen to your own music while at work. You can stream to multiple players simultaneously, for instance to one player in your kitchen...

    104 Subsonic alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Windows Phone
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Ampache icon
     62 likes

    Ampache is a web based audio streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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  5. 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
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire
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  6. Astiga icon
     12 likes

    Astiga is a music streaming service for your own music. Easily play back the music that is stored on your cloud service, directly in your browser or on your phone.

    39 Astiga alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    The album browser on the Web app. Here, Astiga shows the albums you have stored on cloud storage.
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  7. Musly icon
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    Musly is a free Navidrome client and Subsonic music player with a beautiful Apple Music-inspired interface. Stream your self-hosted music library from Navidrome, Subsonic, or Airsonic servers on Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, and macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Mac
    • iPhone
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  8. Airflow icon
     38 likes

    An all-in-one solution for sending about any video from your Windows or Mac computer to your Chromecast or Apple TV.

    18 Airflow alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  9. Airsonic icon
     9 likes

    Airsonic is a Free and Open Source community driven media server which allows you to stream, transcode, manage, and share your personal audio from anywhere via an HTML web browser or any number of apps (available for both iOS & Android).

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. mStream icon
     4 likes

    mStream is a suite of open source software that lets you sync and stream your music between all your devices.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. Jamcast icon
     4 likes

    Access your music collection from anywhere in the world! Jamcast streams all your music to Android and UPnP/DLNA connected devices. Free 14-day trial.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Linthra icon
     1 like

    Linthra is an open-source, local-first music player for Android with local library scanning, Jellyfin/navidrome/plex streaming, explicit offline cache, and user-controlled playback.

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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