Navidrome: Build your own music streaming server 🎧

🎯 What is Navidrome?

Navidrome is a self-hosted audio streaming server, an open source solution that makes your personal music library available as a cloud-based streaming service. It has 100% support for the Subsonic API and is compatible with web players and various client apps.

[Personal music collection] → [Navidrome server] → [Web/mobile app] → Listen to music anywhere!

✨ Core Features (Feat. Advantages)

1. 🔄 Automatic metadata management.

   • Automatic artist/album sorting based on music file tags (ID3)
   • Real-time lyrics display support (LyricsFind, Genius integration)
   • Example: Coldplay - Yellow.flac → automatic artist photo + album cover display

2. 🌐 Multi-platform support.

   • Web Player: Responsive design (https://your-server/navidrome)
   • Mobile apps: Symfonium (Android), play:Sub (iOS), substreamer, etc.
   • Desktop: Sonixd (Windows/macOS/Linux)

3. ⚡ Use lightweight resources.

   • Based on the Go language: can run with 50MB RAM (Raspberry Pi compatible)
   • Transcoding support: FLAC → MP3 320kbps conversion to save mobile data

4. 🔒 Protect your privacy.

   • No need to upload music to cloud providers
   • Family account creation function: user1, user2, kid Manage separate playlists

5. 🛠️ Advanced User Features

   • Smart Playlist: Allows queries like genre:"rock" AND rating >= 4.
   • Webhook support: scrobbling playlists to Last.fm

📥 Installation Guide (on Docker)

# Basic installation command
docker run -d \
  --name navidrome \.
  -v /your/music:/music \
  -v /path/to/data:/data \
  -p 4533:4533 \
  -e ND_SCANINTERVAL=1m \
  deluan/navidrome:latest

📝 Required settings

1. Environment Variables:

   • ND_MUSICFOLDER: path to music folder (e.g., /music)
   • ND_DATAFOLDER: Path to save settings (e.g.,/data`)

2. Configuration file (navidrome.toml):

   [Last.fm]
   Enabled = true
   ApiKey = "your_api_key"
   Secret = "your_secret"

🌈 Explore the user experience

Web Player Interface

![Navidrome Web Interface]

• Left Menu: Library Explorer (filter by artist/album/genre)
• Center: Album art grid view
• Top right: Live search bar (artist:"IU" year:2020)

Mobile app (Symfonium) integration

1. Enter the server URL: http://your-server:4533
2. user authentication: set ID/PW login
3. Offline Mode: Save your favorite albums locally

⚖️ Pros and cons comparison

🚀 Optimization Tips

1. Accelerate the initial scan:

   docker exec navidrome navidrome scan --force

2. set up a reverse proxy (Nginx example):

   location /navidrome {
   proxy_pass http://localhost:4533;
   }

3. Automated backup:

   0 3 * * * * tar -czf /backup/navidrome_$(date +%F).tar.gz /data

💡 Utilization scenario.

• Personal DJ system**: Streaming custom playlists at weddings/parties, etc.
• Overseas music collection: Bypass country restrictions when living abroad with Korean music
• Family shared server: Unified management from grandpa’s trot to kid’s K-pop

🎉 Conclusion: Recommended for those who!

> “Music enthusiasts who own rare tracks not on Spotify 🎵” > “Privacy conscious individuals who care about their privacy 🔒” > “Tech enthusiasts who want to run a server with low-end equipment like a Raspberry Pi 🖥️”

Navidrome is a modern solution that combines the culture of music collecting with the convenience of streaming. It can be a little complicated to set up, but once you do, you’ll have a complete personal music ecosystem. If you have a music collection of 100GB or more and want to access it on a variety of devices, give it a try!

> 📌 References: > Official documentation: https://www.navidrome.org/docs > Korean community: https://forum.koreaubuntu.org (Music Server category)