# blackcandy-org/blackcandy

A self hosted music streaming server

Repository: https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blackcandy
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: music, audio, rails, ruby, musicplayer, self-hosted, hotwire, music-streaming, music-player
Last push: 2026-08-26T07:38:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 67, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3129, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 216.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4404, forks 223 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:48.324511+00:00)

## What it is
Black Candy is a self-hosted music streaming server built with Ruby on Rails and Hotwire, serving as a personal music center. It is deployed via Docker and offers companion mobile apps for iOS and Android.

## Use cases
- self-host my own music streaming server
- stream my personal music library to my phone
- replace Spotify with my own music collection
- host a web-based music player on my home server
- access my MP3 collection from anywhere
- run a personal audio streaming service with Docker

## When to choose
- you want a simple, Docker-deployable server for streaming your own music files
- you prefer self-hosted alternatives to commercial streaming services
- you want native mobile apps alongside a web interface
- you are comfortable with Ruby on Rails based self-hosted software

## When to avoid
- you need multi-user commercial streaming with licensing management
- you want podcast or video support rather than music
- you need a lightweight client-only player without a server
- you cannot run Docker or a Rails application on your infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, http-server, self-hosted
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: music-streaming, music-player, rails, hotwire, personal-media-server, audio, docker, web-server, ios, android

## Member repositories
- blackcandy-org/blackcandy (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.324511+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:21:06.568783+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.324511+00:00, sha 3f39362ff670)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.