LMS - Lightweight Music Server by epoupon

Lightweight Music Server. Access your self-hosted music using a web interface.

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Verdict 66/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 750k docker pulls Last release 2 months ago

Self-host LMS - Lightweight Music Server on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
66 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
1.6k
80 forks

About LMS - Lightweight Music Server

From the project's README at github.com/epoupon/lms. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

LMS is a self-hosted music streaming software: access your music collection from anywhere using a web interface!

A demo instance is available. Note the administration settings are not available. Main features Subsonic/OpenSubsonic API support Multi-valued tags: , , , ... Artist relationships: , , , , , , Release types: , , , , , ... Release groups support to show different versions of albums, such as remasters, reissues, etc. MusicBrainz Identifier support to handle duplicated artist and release names ListenBrainz support for: Scrobbling and synchronizing listens Synchronizing 'love' feedbacks Recommendation engine Multi-library support ReplayGain support Audio transcoding for compatibility and reduced bandwidth User management, with several authentication backends Podcasts support Playlists support Lyrics support Jukebox support Music discovery

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
49
maturity
100
community
81
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
27

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 1.6k github.com/epoupon/lms
GitHub forks 80 github.com/epoupon/lms
Docker Hub pulls 750k hub.docker.com / epoupon

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age11.6 yearssince Sep 2014
Last commit2 months agoMar 15, 2026
Releases shipped112last: 2 months ago
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host LMS - Lightweight Music Server?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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