mStream Music by IrosTheBeggar
The easiest music streaming server available
About mStream Music
From the project's README at github.com/IrosTheBeggar/mStream. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
The music server that's also a file manager. Drop a file in your folder, upload one through the web UI, or paste a YouTube link, it plays. No accounts to set up, no scan to wait for.
Demo & Other Links Check Out The Demo! Discord Channel Website Why mStream?
Most self-hosted music servers, Navidrome, Jellyfin, Plex, Airsonic, scan your files into a database and show you their version of your library: virtual albums, hidden paths, files invisible until the next index run. Useful, but it means giving up the folder structure you built.
mStream's native API takes the opposite approach. The file browser is the music browser. The route streams files directly from disk via , no per-request database lookup. Add a file to a watched folder and it's available immediately, on the next page refresh. The same web UI lets you upload, mkdir, rename, and download from YouTube, no SFTP or Docker volume gymnastics required.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 2.3k | github.com/IrosTheBeggar/mStream |
| GitHub forks | 203 | github.com/IrosTheBeggar/mStream |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 3.1k | mstream |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.4 years | since Dec 2015 |
| Last commit | 2 days ago | May 5, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 111 | last: 8 days ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host mStream Music?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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