Navidrome

Music server that streams your own collection to browsers and Subsonic-compatible apps.

Replaces

Paid music streaming services, such as Spotify.

All open-source alternatives to Spotify

Difficulty

Difficulty: Easy

1 service, 1 volume mount, no env values to set, no elevated host access. Heuristic score 0 of 11: easy.

Stack

Go (language)

Deployment

docker_compose

Requirements

Not stated.

License

GPL-3.0 (OSI-approved open source)

Read from github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/LICENSE

Business model

Unknown

The README at the pinned commit does not state a business model, so it stays unknown.

Source: github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/README.md, read on 2026-10-22.

Repository

navidrome/navidrome

GitHub stats

Stars: 24,291
Forks: 1,767
Open issues and pull requests: 330
Last push: 2026-10-21
Latest release: v0.64.2
Released: 2026-09-24

From the GitHub API on 2026-10-22. These numbers are a snapshot, not live. GitHub detected the license as GPL-3.0.

Compose file

Config check passed docker compose config exited 0 on this exact file on 2026-10-22.

docker-compose.yml Version 1

version: '3.6'

volumes:
  navidrome_data:

services:

  navidrome:
    container_name: "navidrome"
    image: deluan/navidrome:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    read_only: true
    # user: 1000:1000
    ports:
      - "4533:4533"
    volumes:
      - "navidrome_data:/data"
      #- "/mnt/music:/music:ro"

From the app's own repository: github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml.

Compose file from the app repository.

Install

Docker with the Compose plugin (github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml)
A host with Docker and the Docker Compose plugin. This entry runs from a compose file.
Save the compose file as docker-compose.yml (github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml)
Use the compose file shown above.
Start it (github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml)
```
docker compose up -d
```
Open the app (github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml)
Open http://localhost:4533. The compose file publishes host port 4533 for the navidrome service.

Compose file check: config_ok on 2026-10-22.

Gotchas and maintenance

Gotchas

Some images use the latest tag or no tag. Images without a pinned version: navidrome: deluan/navidrome:latest. A later pull can get a different version. (github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml, checked 2026-10-22)
The compose file publishes host ports. Host ports: 4533 (navidrome). A port without a host address listens on all host network interfaces. (github.com/navidrome/navidrome/blob/56cc32a/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml, checked 2026-10-22)

Signals

Open issues and pull requests: 330
Last push: 2026-10-21 (0 days before this page was built)
Latest release: v0.64.2 on 2026-09-24 (27 days before this page was built)