# hifiberry/hifiberry-os

Linux distribution optimized for audio playback

Repository: https://github.com/hifiberry/hifiberry-os
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hifiberry-os
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: hifiberry, audio, music, dsp, roon, spotify, airplay, mpd, snapcast, alsa, bluetooth
Last push: 2026-09-02T15:35:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4223, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1233, forks 158 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:12.701549+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, http-server, web-framework, configuration-management
- domain: embedded-systems, self-hosted, media
- platform: embedded, iot, self-hosted, python
- tags: hifiberry, raspberry-pi, pipewire, mpd, spotify-connect, airplay, roon, snapcast, alsa, bluetooth-audio, linux-distribution, music-streaming, audio-player, audio, linux

## Member repositories
- hifiberry/hifiberry-os (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:12.701549+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 2026-08-30T06:15:02.063312+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hifiberry/hifiberry-os (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:12.701549+00:00, sha fa8c44f377cc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.