LMS
Access your self-hosted music using a web interface.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 59 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.81.0 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Spotify.
At a glance
LMS quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,696
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.81.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to LMS
Full rankings: Spotify alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
LMS scores 93/100, #3 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: 59 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.81.0, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,696 stars add 12.9 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 star count, worth 7.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
59 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.81.0 released 1 month ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.9 / 20
1.7k 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
- 59
- Last 90 days
- 281
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 28 tools in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming by health , between Audiobookshelf (#2) and multi-scrobbler (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, deb, C++ |
| Latest release | v3.81.0 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 1,696 |
| Open issues | 79 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | epoupon/lms ↗ |
LMS vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with LMS (Media Streaming - Audio Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMS (this tool) | 93 | 1.7k | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| Beets | 87 | 16k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| koel | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
| Ampache | 84 | 3.8k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| gonic | 84 | 2.6k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Black Candy | 70 | 4.4k | MIT | 9 days ago |
LMS: common questions
What does LMS replace?
Repoly lists LMS as an open-source alternative to Spotify. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where LMS stands against the others.
Is LMS still maintained?
LMS had 59 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, v3.81.0, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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