# mopidy/mopidy

Mopidy is an extensible music server written in Python

Repository: https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mopidy
Homepage: https://mopidy.com
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, mopidy, music-player
Last push: 2026-08-20T05:49:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6097, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 58.0, "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 8563, forks 719 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:23.525678+00:00)

## What it is
Mopidy is an extensible music server written in Python that plays music from local disk, Spotify, SoundCloud, and internet radio. It runs as an HTTP/MPD server on Linux or macOS and can be controlled from any MPD or web client on phones, tablets, or computers.

## Use cases
- self-host a music server on a Raspberry Pi
- control home music playback from a phone or web browser
- stream Spotify and SoundCloud through a central server
- build a custom jukebox with NFC tags and GPIO buttons
- share a shared playlist with multiple MPD clients
- extend a music server with custom Python backends

## When to choose
- you want a hackable, extension-based music server with Python, JSON-RPC, and JavaScript APIs
- you need MPD compatibility with modern cloud music sources
- you're building an embedded or Raspberry Pi audio project

## When to avoid
- you need a ready-made GUI music player with no server setup
- you only need simple local file playback on a desktop
- you require official support for Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, audio-processing, plugin-system, sdk
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: python, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: music-server, mpd, spotify, internet-radio, raspberry-pi, json-rpc, gstreamer, extensible, audio, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mopidy/mopidy (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.525678+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 2026-08-29T17:26:17.628160+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.525678+00:00, sha f154025314df)
  - homepage: https://mopidy.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:38.906611+00:00, sha c1865afaaee2)
  - site_page: https://docs.mopidy.com/stable/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:38.910138+00:00, sha bbeb05f84f13)
  - site_page: https://docs.mopidy.com/stable (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:38.912265+00:00, sha 407e8f76061f)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/mopidy/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:38.913820+00:00, sha 3232275a751d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.