gonic

Lightweight music streaming server. Subsonic compatible.

Active Last commit · 166 commits in the past 12 months

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At a glance

GitHub stars
2.7k
Last commit
2026-11-09
Latest release
v0.23.0
2026-10-22
Commits (12 mo)
166
Releases (12 mo)
–
License
GPL-3.0
Language / platform
Go, Docker

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 166 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub).

Run gonic yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes
  • Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr1 GB$5Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →
DigitalOcean1 GB$6Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

Prefer managed hosting? Check PikaPods or Elestio.

gonic is an alternative to

SpotifyApple MusicYouTube MusicTidalDeezerSoundCloud

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