hifiberry/hifiberry-os
Linux distribution optimized for audio playback observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4223
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1233 stars · 158 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
HiFiBerryOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution optimized for audio playback on Raspberry Pi with HiFiBerry sound cards. It integrates PipeWire, a central AudioControl service, a web UI, and modular audio players such as MPD, Librespot (Spotify Connect), Roon RAAT, AirPlay, and Squeezelite.
Use cases
- turn a raspberry pi into a hi-fi music streamer
- play spotify connect on a hifiberry dac
- build an airplay 2 audio receiver on a pi
- stream local flac music library with mpd
- use a raspberry pi as a roon bridge endpoint
- multi-room audio with snapcast on raspberry pi
- self-hosted web interface to control music players
When to choose
- you have a Raspberry Pi with a HiFiBerry HAT and want a ready-made audio OS
- you want multiple audio players (Spotify, AirPlay, MPD, Roon) coexisting on one device
- you prefer a modular Debian-based system you can extend with custom players
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose desktop Linux distribution
- your hardware is not a 64-bit Raspberry Pi or lacks a compatible HiFiBerry sound card
- you want a license-permissive codebase to embed commercially - the repo has no license
Facets
application · maturity active
audio-processing http-server web-framework configuration-management embedded-systems self-hosted media embedded iot self-hosted python hifiberry raspberry-pi pipewire mpd spotify-connect airplay roon snapcast alsa bluetooth-audio linux-distribution music-streaming audio-player audio linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/hifiberry/hifiberry-os · fetched 2026-09-03 · fa8c44f377cc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hifiberry/hifiberry-os | main | 77 |
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