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Self-hosted, lossless music streaming. Your library, your server, full fidelity.
What is Orb?¶
Orb is a self-hosted music server built for audiophiles who want Spotify-level convenience without sacrificing audio quality or privacy. Point it at your library, spin up Docker, and stream FLAC, WAV, and other lossless formats at full bit depth from any browser — or install the native app on desktop and mobile.
Features¶
- Lossless streaming — FLAC, WAV, AIFF, DSD, and SACD at up to 32-bit/192kHz
- Library management — Auto-indexing, MusicBrainz & Discogs metadata enrichment, and embedded album art
- Audiobooks — Support for chapter markers, variable playback speed, and bookmarking
- Podcasts — Subscribe, sync, and stream podcast episodes alongside your music library
- Playlists — Create, import, and export playlists per user
- Discovery — Search, favorites, recently played, similarity-based recommendations, and autoplay radio
- Scrobbling — Last.fm integration to track your listening history
- Listen Along — Share a real-time listening session with guests via a shareable link
- Multi-user — Individual libraries, queues, and settings per user
- Native apps — Desktop (Linux, macOS, Windows) and mobile (Android, iOS) via Tauri v2
- PWA — Installable from the browser on any device
Quick Start¶
Then open http://localhost:8080 in your browser.
See Installation for full setup instructions, environment variables, and configuration options.
Development¶
- Android Auto Emulator Setup — Develop and test the Android app using the Android Auto desktop head unit on Linux
Contributing¶
Contributions are welcome. Open an issue to report a bug or suggest a feature, or submit a pull request directly on GitHub.
License¶
Orb is released under the MIT License.