HackMD
A comparison of media-server services/software
| BYOH? | Active? | License | Language | Mobile experience | Own content? | Music is first-class? | Raspberry Pi | Tag support, grooming? | ReplayGain (Loudness-scanning)? | Control remote audio device? | Plugins? | MPD support? | Last.fm scrobbling? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plex | Yes | Yes | Freemium | C++ | React native apps | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Subsonic | Yes, plus VPS offers | No | Freemium | Java | Apps | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes, via mopidy | Yes, via particular clients |
| Airsonic | Yes | Yes | GPL 3.0 | Java | Apps | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes, via mopidy | Yes |
| Groove Basin | Yes | No | MIT | Node.js | Web app only + MPD clients | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| mopidy | Yes | Yes | Apache 2.0 | Python | Web app only + MPD clients | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Emby | Yes | Yes | GPL 2.0 Backend, Freemium apps | C# | Native apps | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes, via mopidy | Yes |
| Jellyfin | Yes | Yes | GPL 2.0 | C# | Native apps | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes, via mopidy | Yes |
| YouTube Music | No | Yes | Freemium | ? | Apps | Yes, not first-class | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Amazon Music | No | Yes | Freemium | ? | Apps | No, not anymore | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes |
