Meelo vs Noctis

Comparing two open source alternatives to Spotify and Apple Music and Tidal. 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	1,436	256
Forks	42	16
Open Issues	61	12
Last Commit	Oct 1, 2026	Oct 2, 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

Meelo1,436

Noctis

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.

A free, open-source cross-platform music player for Navidrome, Jellyfin, Plex and other Subsonic-compatible servers.

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.