Stretto
Music player with Youtube/Soundcloud import and iTunes/Spotify discovery.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Jul 2026.
Comparisons in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: Spotify alternatives, SoundCloud alternatives, Podbean alternatives.
At a glance
Stretto quick facts
- Health score
- 21/100 STALE
- Stars
- 634
- Last commit
- 4 months ago (Jul 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.0.0, Jan 2019
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Go to Stretto, or if you would like to host it yourself, scroll down to the developer instructions."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Stretto scores 21/100, #26 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.0.0, 7.8 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 634 stars add 11.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
2.0.0 released 7.8 years ago
- Stars 11.2 / 20
634 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 15
- Last 12 months
- 4 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #26 of 28 tools in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming by health , between musikcube (#25) and Funkwhale (#27) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | 2.0.0 · 7.8 years ago |
| Stars | 634 |
| Open issues | 11 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | benkaiser/stretto ↗ |
Stretto vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Stretto (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 |
| Mopidy | 86 | 8.6k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| SwingMusic | 68 | 2.1k | MIT | 25 days ago |
| Stretto (this tool) | 21 | 634 | MIT | 4 months ago |
Stretto: common questions
Is Stretto still maintained?
Stretto had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 months ago; the latest tagged release, 2.0.0, is from 7.8 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.