Ampache

★ 3.8k

A self-hosted alternative to Spotify

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallDocker · Source3+ active committers (12mo)

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Ampache is a self-hosted, web-based media application for people who want to stream and manage their own music and video collections. It is designed around existing organized libraries and relies on...

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Features

Web-based audio/video streaming
File management
Remote access to music and videos
Metadata extraction from tags and filenames
API
Administration tools
Translation support

Details

Last Updated: Oct 10, 2026
Created: Mar 21, 2013
Install Methods: dockersource
Requirements: A web server (Apache, lighttpd, nginx, or IIS)PHP (version depends on Ampache release)PHP modules: PDO, PDO_MYSQL, hash, session, json, intl, simplexml, curl, zipNode.js v15+ and npm v7+MySQL 5.x / MySQL 8.x / MariaDB 10.x
API: REST
Backup & Export: file-backup
Runtime / Stack: PHP
Privacy & Independence: No Cloud Required
Deployment: Deployment: no container deployment found

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