DroppedNeedle vs Navidrome

Comparing two open source alternatives to Spotify. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

DroppedNeedle

AGPL-3.0

Self-hosted music request and discovery server that drives your own download clients, verifies every file, and shelves it in a library you own.

GPL-3.0

Modern, lightweight self-hosted music server compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic clients — stream your music everywhere.

	DroppedNeedle	Navidrome
License	AGPL-3.0	GPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,292	23,327
Forks	60	1,678
Open Issues	105	271
Last Commit	Sep 4, 2026	Sep 3, 2026
First Released	Oct 10, 2025	Feb 24, 2016
Categories	Music Discovery Music Player	Collaboration & Communication Tools
Tags	#music #self hosted #music-discovery #automation #audio	#streaming #self hosted

Cross-platform lossless music player with rich library management, synced lyrics, and gapless playback for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

A self-hosted, cross-platform podcast management system with a modern Rust and Python stack.

Android music app that plays YouTube Music, Gaana and Saavn plus your local files through one ad-free interface.

Self-hosted music server focused on metadata integration and UI, with music videos as first-class citizens and mobile apps for Android and iOS.

Self-hosted podcast server that uses AI to automatically remove ads from episodes before you hit play.

A self-hosted podcast manager/downloader/archiver tool to download podcast episodes as soon as they become live with an integrated player.