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Open source alternatives to SoundCloud

We track 6 open-source SoundCloud alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. koel leads on health at 87/100 with 64 commits in the last 90 days; across all 6 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, BSD-3-Clause and 1 other licences.

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26k
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Showing 6 of 6 tools

All 6 SoundCloud alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    koel

    87 GOOD

    Personal music streaming server that works.

    ★ 17k · ⟳ today · v9.12.0 · MIT

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • AzuraCast

    69 SLOWING

    Modern and accessible web radio management suite.

    ★ 4k · ⟳ 5 days ago · 0.19.0 · Apache-2.0

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • LibreTime

    46 SLOWING

    Broadcast streaming radio on the web (fork of [Airtime](https://github.com/sourcefabric/Airtime)).

    ★ 940 · ⟳ 3 days ago · 4.5.0 · AGPL-3.0

    DockerPHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

SoundCloud alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to SoundCloud?

koel scores highest at 87/100, with 64 commits in the last 90 days, 17k GitHub stars and its latest release (v9.12.0) published today. Ampache has the most raw commit activity at 1682 commits in 90 days.

Which SoundCloud alternatives use a permissive licence?

3 of 6 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): koel (MIT), AzuraCast (Apache-2.0), Funkwhale (BSD-3-Clause). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which SoundCloud alternatives run in Docker?

2 of 6 publish a Docker image or Compose file: AzuraCast, LibreTime. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.