Airsonic-Advanced
Self-hosted music streaming with the Subsonic API for any Subsonic client.
Airsonic-Advanced is a free, self-hosted music streaming server. Point it at your music library and stream it to yourself and your friends over the web UI or through the large ecosystem of Subsonic and OpenSubsonic apps for Android, iOS, and the desktop.
Key features
- Subsonic API compatible: works with the many existing Subsonic and OpenSubsonic clients, so you are not locked into one app
- Built-in web player with playlists, starred items, and search
- On-the-fly transcoding with the bundled ffmpeg, so tracks play on any device and any bandwidth
- Multi-user with per-user access control and roles
- Podcast subscriptions, internet radio, and cover art
- Embedded database, no external database or services to run
Use cases
- Own your music collection and stream it from anywhere
- A private, ad-free alternative to commercial streaming for your own library
- A shared family or team music server
Why run it on the NetActuate edge Hosting Airsonic-Advanced in a PoP near you shortens the path for streaming and transcoding, and keeps your library and listening history under your control.
Deployed from the NetActuate marketplace, the appliance boots pre-configured from your seeded values. On first boot it initializes the database on loopback only, rotates the built-in admin account to your generated password directly in the database, and only then serves on the network, so the upstream default admin and admin credentials are never exposed. Sign in at the web UI on port 4040 as user admin with the password in your secret list, then add your music folders. Airsonic serves plain HTTP on port 4040; put a TLS-terminating proxy in front before exposing it to the public internet.
Frequently asked questions
How do I deploy Airsonic-Advanced on NetActuate?
Use the Deploy on NetActuate button to talk to our team. We provision Airsonic-Advanced on a NetActuate virtual machine in the point of presence you choose, close to your audience. Each deployment runs in the single location you select.
What does it cost to run Airsonic-Advanced?
Airsonic-Advanced is open-source software and free to run on the marketplace - you pay only for the NetActuate compute (virtual-machine size and location) it runs on, at standard rates. There are no usage-based software fees.
Where can Airsonic-Advanced run?
Airsonic-Advanced can be deployed in any of NetActuate's 45+ points of presence across every continent, so you can place ingest, transcode, delivery and caching close to your contributors and viewers.
Who supports Airsonic-Advanced?
NetActuate operates and supports the underlying infrastructure - the virtual machine, network and edge platform. The application itself is supported by its upstream open-source project.
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