# owntone/owntone-server

Audio server that can play to AirPlay 1+2 speakers (multiroom), Chromecast and locally. Supports Spotify, internet radio and many file formats. Also MPD server, iTunes DAAP, smart playlists, Apple Remote and much more.

Repository: https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/owntone-server
Homepage: https://owntone.github.io/owntone-server
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: apple-remote, itunes, spotify, mpd, airplay, daap, chromecast-audio, c, internet-radio, daapd, airplay2
Last push: 2026-08-25T19:24:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 82, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4849, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 42, "gap_med": 85, "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 2544, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.545306+00:00)

## What it is
OwnTone is an open-source audio media server written in C that streams local files, Spotify, and internet radio to AirPlay 1/2 (multiroom), Chromecast, and local outputs. It also acts as an MPD server, serves DAAP/RSP to iTunes-compatible clients, and is controlled via a web interface, Apple Remote, MPD clients, or a JSON API.

## Use cases
- stream music to AirPlay speakers in sync across multiple rooms
- play Spotify through Chromecast and AirPlay devices
- share my local music library with iTunes or Apple Music via DAAP
- run a self-hosted MPD server on a Raspberry Pi
- listen to internet radio stations through my home speakers
- control my home audio server from Apple Remote or an Android app
- serve podcasts and audiobooks to a web browser player

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, low-power (e.g. Raspberry Pi) multiroom audio server
- you need AirPlay 1/2 and Chromecast streaming from one server
- you use iTunes/Apple Music or MPD clients and want to share a local library
- you prefer self-hosting your music streaming instead of a cloud service

## When to avoid
- you need video or photo serving, not just audio
- you want a turnkey GUI desktop media player rather than a headless server
- you rely on free (non-premium) Spotify accounts, which are not supported
- you need a solution for Windows servers, since it targets Linux, BSD and macOS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, streaming, web-scraping
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: bsd, self-hosted
- tags: audio-streaming, airplay, chromecast, daap, mpd-server, spotify, internet-radio, multiroom, media-server, raspberry-pi, audio, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- owntone/owntone-server (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.545306+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 2026-08-30T02:25:04.689100+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.545306+00:00, sha f4664cc230d2)
  - homepage: https://owntone.github.io/owntone-server (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:59.705751+00:00, sha a852027cea33)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.