AzuraCast
Modern and accessible web radio management suite.
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Still maintained? Yes: 102 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.19.0 (Aug 2023).
Also an alternative to SoundCloud and Podbean.
At a glance
AzuraCast quick facts
- Health score
- 69/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 4,081
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.19.0, Aug 2023
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to AzuraCast
Full rankings: SoundCloud alternatives, Podbean alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "AzuraCast is an Internet radio station "in a box"; it is a full-featured, self-contained and self-hostable software suite, distributed using Docker, that contains a full free and open-source web radio software stack and a powerful but intuitive and accessible web interface (and well-documented API) to manage your stations."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
AzuraCast scores 69/100, #19 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: 102 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.19.0, 3.2 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 4,081 stars add 14.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
102 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
0.19.0 released 3.2 years ago
- Stars 14.4 / 20
4.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 102
- Last 90 days
- 324
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #19 of 28 tools in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming by health , between Black Candy (#18) and Lyrion Music Server (#20) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 0.19.0 · 3.2 years ago |
| Stars | 4,081 |
| Open issues | 82 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | AzuraCast/AzuraCast ↗ |
AzuraCast vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with AzuraCast (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 |
| Audiobookshelf | 97 | 15k | GPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
| koel | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
| Ampache | 84 | 3.8k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| LibreTime | 78 | 937 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| AzuraCast (this tool) | 69 | 4.1k | Apache-2.0 | 3 days ago |
AzuraCast: common questions
What does AzuraCast replace?
Repoly lists AzuraCast as an open-source alternative to SoundCloud and Podbean. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where AzuraCast stands against the others.
Is AzuraCast still maintained?
AzuraCast had 102 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, 0.19.0, is from 3.2 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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