Meelo vs MinusPod

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

Meelo

GPL-3.0

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

MIT

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

	Meelo	MinusPod
License	GPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,325	360
Forks	36	27
Open Issues	74	9
Last Commit	Aug 19, 2026	Aug 17, 2026
First Released	May 5, 2022	Nov 26, 2025
Categories	Music Player	Podcast Apps
Tags	#audio #media-server #mobile	#ai #audio #self hosted #podcasts

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.

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

Self-hosted tracker for media consumption and fitness, with imports from Trakt, Goodreads, MyAnimeList, Plex, Jellyfin and more.

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