# lavalink-devs/Lavalink

Standalone audio sending node based on Lavaplayer.

Repository: https://github.com/lavalink-devs/Lavalink
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lavalink
Homepage: https://lavalink.dev/
Language: Kotlin
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: lavalink, lavaplayer, audio, discord, docker, spring-boot, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-25T19:35:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 73, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3335, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 180, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1903, forks 920 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:51.665086+00:00)

## What it is
Lavalink is a standalone audio sending node for Discord, built on Lavaplayer and Koe, that streams music to Discord voice servers without audio passing through your bot's shards. It exposes a REST API and WebSocket interface that client libraries connect to, and is used in production by bots like FredBoat and Dyno.

## Use cases
- stream music to a discord voice channel
- build a discord music bot without handling audio myself
- offload audio playback from my bot shards
- self-host an audio node for discord bots
- play youtube or twitch streams in discord voice
- load balance audio across multiple bot shards

## When to choose
- you are building a Discord music bot and want minimal CPU/memory footprint on your bot process
- you need production-grade audio streaming with seeking, volume control, and filters
- you want Docker deployment, Prometheus metrics, and plugin extensibility

## When to avoid
- you need audio playback outside of Discord voice servers
- you want a simple in-process audio library rather than a separate server node
- you cannot run Java 17+ or a separate service

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: audio-processing, http-server, websocket, api-framework, streaming, self-hosted
- domain: messaging-platforms, media, self-hosted, apis
- platform: jvm, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: discord, lavaplayer, music-bot, audio-streaming, kotlin, prometheus-metrics, voice, audio, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- lavalink-devs/Lavalink (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.665086+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 2026-08-30T03:11:52.972254+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://lavalink.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:51:01.918873+00:00, sha 41d48934254f)
  - site_page: https://lavalink.dev/getting-started/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:51:01.927881+00:00, sha 8d99365cdc8d)
  - site_page: https://lavalink.dev/getting-started/docker.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:51:01.931611+00:00, sha fc9d1cd2a2d1)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.