# pimusicbox/pimusicbox

An image (SD-card) to turn the Raspberry Pi into an easy to use MusicBox with Spotify playback and AirTunes streaming

Repository: https://github.com/pimusicbox/pimusicbox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pimusicbox
Homepage: https://pimusicbox.github.io
Language: Shell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: raspberrypi, mopidy, raspbian
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-11-20T20:44:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4971, "days_push": 651, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2032, forks 211 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:07.820504+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: audio-processing, http-server, web-framework
- domain: media, self-hosted, embedded-systems
- platform: self-hosted, embedded, iot
- tags: raspberry-pi, mopidy, spotify, airplay, dlna, music-streaming, sd-card-image, headless-audio, mpd, audio, linux

## Member repositories
- pimusicbox/pimusicbox (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:07.820504+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 2026-08-30T02:59:29.625464+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pimusicbox/pimusicbox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:07.820504+00:00, sha 9b02ef7a04b5)
  - homepage: https://pimusicbox.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:39:11.763524+00:00, sha 30ed824660c4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.