Mopidy
Extensible music server. Offers a superset of the mpd API, as well as integration with 3rd party services like Spotify, SoundCloud etc.
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Still maintained? Yes: 223 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.0.5 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: Spotify alternatives, SoundCloud alternatives, Podbean alternatives.
At a glance
Mopidy quick facts
- Health score
- 86/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,606
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.0.5, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Mopidy
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Mopidy is an extensible music server written in Python. It plays music from local disk, Spotify, SoundCloud, internet radio, and more, controlled from any MPD or web client on your phone, tablet, or computer."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Mopidy scores 86/100, #8 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: 223 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.0.5, 14 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 8,606 stars add 15.7 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
223 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.0.5 released 14 days ago
- Stars 15.7 / 20
8.6k 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
- 223
- Last 90 days
- 498
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #8 of 28 tools in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming by health , between koel (#7) and Ampache (#9) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Python, deb |
| Latest release | v4.0.5 · 14 days ago |
| Stars | 8,606 |
| Open issues | 145 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | mopidy/mopidy ↗ |
Mopidy vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Mopidy (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 |
| multi-scrobbler | 92 | 1.3k | MIT | yesterday |
| Mopidy (this tool) | 86 | 8.6k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| SwingMusic | 68 | 2.1k | MIT | 25 days ago |
| Stretto | 21 | 634 | MIT | 4 months ago |
Mopidy: common questions
Is Mopidy still maintained?
Mopidy had 223 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v4.0.5, is from 14 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.