Audioserve
Simple personal server to serve audio files from directories (audiobooks, music, podcasts...). Focused on simplicity and supports sync of play position between clients.
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Still maintained? Yes: 50 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.30.1 (May 2026).
Comparisons in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: Spotify alternatives, SoundCloud alternatives, Podbean alternatives.
At a glance
Audioserve quick facts
- Health score
- 82/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 863
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.30.1, May 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Simple personal server to serve audio files from directories. Intended primarily for audio books, but anything with decent directories structure will do. Focus here is on simplicity and minimalist design."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Audioserve scores 82/100, #14 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: 50 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.30.1, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 863 stars add 11.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
50 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.30.1 released 5 months ago
- Stars 11.7 / 20
863 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 50
- Last 90 days
- 182
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 28 tools in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming by health , between vod2pod-rss (#13) and Snapcast (#15) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Rust |
| Latest release | v0.30.1 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 863 |
| Open issues | 11 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | izderadicka/audioserve ↗ |
Audioserve vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Audioserve (Media Streaming - Audio Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navidrome Music Server | 98 | 24k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| LMS | 93 | 1.7k | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| Beets | 87 | 16k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| vod2pod-rss | 83 | 390 | MIT | today |
| Audioserve (this tool) | 82 | 863 | MIT | 2 days ago |
| mpd | 59 | 2.8k | GPL-2.0 | 3 days ago |
Audioserve: common questions
Is Audioserve still maintained?
Audioserve had 50 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.30.1, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.