# Navidrome Music Server [](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Tired%20of%20paying%20for%20music%20subscriptions%2C%20and%20not%20finding%20what%20you%20really%20like%3F%20Roll%20your%20own%20streaming%20service%21&url=https://navidrome.org&via=navidrome)
Navidrome is an open source web-based music collection server and streamer. It gives you freedom to listen to your
music collection from any browser or mobile device. It's like your personal Spotify!
**Note**: The `master` branch may be in an unstable or even broken state during development.
Please use [releases](https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/releases) instead of
the `master` branch in order to get a stable set of binaries.
## [Check out our Live Demo!](https://www.navidrome.org/demo/)
__Any feedback is welcome!__ If you need/want a new feature, find a bug or think of any way to improve Navidrome,
please file a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/issues) or join the discussion in our
[Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/navidrome/). If you want to contribute to the project in any other way
([ui/backend dev](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/developers/),
[translations](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/developers/translations/),
[themes](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/developers/creating-themes)), please join the chat in our
[Discord server](https://discord.gg/xh7j7yF).
## Installation
See instructions on the [project's website](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/installation/)
## Cloud Hosting
[PikaPods](https://www.pikapods.com) has partnered with us to offer you an
[officially supported, cloud-hosted solution](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/installation/managed/#pikapods).
A share of the revenue helps fund the development of Navidrome at no additional cost for you.
## Features
- Handles very **large music collections**
- Streams virtually **any audio format** available
- Reads and uses all your beautifully curated **metadata**
- Great support for **compilations** (Various Artists albums) and **box sets** (multi-disc albums)
- **Multi-user**, each user has their own play counts, playlists, favourites, etc...
- Very **low resource usage**
- **Multi-platform**, runs on macOS, Linux and Windows. **Docker** images are also provided
- Ready to use binaries for all major platforms, including **Raspberry Pi**
- Automatically **monitors your library** for changes, importing new files and reloading new metadata
- Supports **lyrics** from sidecar .ttml, .yaml/.yml Lyricsfile, .elrc, .lrc, .srt, .txt files and embedded TTML, Enhanced LRC, LRC, SRT, and plain-text tags (via `lyricspriority`)
- **Themeable**, modern and responsive **Web interface** based on [Material UI](https://material-ui.com)
- **Compatible** with all Subsonic/Madsonic/Airsonic [clients](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/overview/#apps)
- **Transcoding** on the fly. Can be set per user/player. **Opus encoding is supported**
- Translated to **various languages**
## Translations
Navidrome uses [POEditor](https://poeditor.com/) for translations, and we are always looking
for [more contributors](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/developers/translations/)
## Documentation
All documentation can be found in the project's website: https://www.navidrome.org/docs.
Here are some useful direct links:
- [Overview](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/overview/)
- [Installation](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/installation/)
- [Docker](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/installation/docker/)
- [Binaries](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/installation/pre-built-binaries/)
- [Build from source](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/installation/build-from-source/)
- [Development](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/developers/)
- [Subsonic API Compatibility](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/developers/subsonic-api/)
## Screenshots