Meelo vs Noctis

Comparing two open source alternatives to Spotify and Apple Music . 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

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

	Meelo	Noctis
License	GPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	No
GitHub Stars	1,325	193
Forks	36	7
Open Issues	74	9
Last Commit	Aug 19, 2026	Aug 16, 2026
First Released	May 5, 2022	Mar 19, 2026
Categories	Music Player	Music Player
Tags	#audio #media-server #mobile	#audio #desktop-app #cross-platform #lyrics #lossless

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

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

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

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