Black Candy
Music streaming server.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 9 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.2.1 (Aug 2026).
Also an alternative to Spotify.
At a glance
Black Candy quick facts
- Health score
- 70/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,427
- Last commit
- 9 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.2.1, Aug 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Black Candy
Full rankings: Spotify alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Black Candy is a self-hosted music streaming server, your personal music center."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Black Candy scores 70/100, #18 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: 9 commits in the last 90 days earn 10.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.2.1, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,427 stars add 14.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 24.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 10.5 / 35
9 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.2.1 released 2 months ago
- Stars 14.6 / 20
4.4k 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
- 9
- Last 90 days
- 83
- Last 12 months
- 9 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 28 tools in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming by health , between LibreTime (#17) and AzuraCast (#19) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Ruby |
| Latest release | v3.2.1 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 4,427 |
| Open issues | 28 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | blackcandy-org/blackcandy ↗ |
Black Candy vs its top 5 alternatives
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Black Candy: common questions
What does Black Candy replace?
Repoly lists Black Candy as an open-source alternative to Spotify. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Black Candy stands against the others.
Is Black Candy still maintained?
Black Candy had 9 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 9 days ago; the latest tagged release, v3.2.1, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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