pimusicbox/pimusicbox
An image (SD-card) to turn the Raspberry Pi into an easy to use MusicBox with Spotify playback and AirTunes streaming observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
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: 4971
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 651
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2032 stars · 211 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pi MusicBox is a bootable SD-card image that turns a Raspberry Pi into a headless streaming music player based on Mopidy, supporting Spotify, SoundCloud, web radio, podcasts, and local files. It includes AirPlay/DLNA streaming, Spotify Connect, a web interface, and MPD-client remote control.
Use cases
- turn a raspberry pi into a spotify music player
- build a cheap sonos-like streaming speaker
- stream music from my phone to speakers via airplay
- headless music player for raspberry pi
- play local music files and web radio on a pi
- control music remotely from a phone with mpd client
When to choose
- you have an older Raspberry Pi (not Pi 4 or Zero W 2) and want a ready-made music player image
- you want Spotify Connect, AirPlay, and DLNA streaming in one prebuilt image
- you want a no-Linux-knowledge headless audio setup
When to avoid
- you own a Raspberry Pi 4 or Zero W 2, which are unsupported
- you need maintained software with support and updates
- you want a general-purpose OS or a modern alternative like Volumio or HiFiBerryOS
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
audio-processing http-server web-framework media self-hosted embedded-systems self-hosted embedded iot raspberry-pi mopidy spotify airplay dlna music-streaming sd-card-image headless-audio mpd audio linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pimusicbox/pimusicbox · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9b02ef7a04b5
- homepage: https://pimusicbox.github.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 30ed824660c4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pimusicbox/pimusicbox | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="pimusicbox/pimusicbox")
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