Open-source music player for Raspberry Pi, NAS and desktopYour music, played straight to the DAC.

A self-hosted, bit-perfect music player written in Rust. Run it on a Raspberry Pi, NAS or home server and control it from any phone or browser, or install it as a desktop app on Linux, macOS, Windows and Android.

Try the live demo Install

Latest v5.1.1 License MIT Runs on x86_64 · ARM · RISC-V

FLAC 24 bit / 96 kHz -9.6 LUFS → -18.0 LUFS hw:1,0

Now playing · Sir Duke · Stevie Wonder

Signal path Pure Rust, no MPD, no FFmpeg

01SourceLocal disks, SMB/NFS shares, radio, podcasts
02DecodeSymphonia: FLAC, MP3, AAC, DSD, APE
03DSPParametric EQ, filters, presets
04LoudnessEBU R128 per-song normalization
05ResampleOnly when the DAC needs it
06Outputcpal to ALSA, PipeWire, CoreAudio, WASAPI, ASIO

Three ways to run it

One player, wherever your speakers are.

The same engine and the same web interface in every package. Pick the one that matches where the music plays.

Server

Runs in the background on an always-on box wired to your DAC. Every phone, tablet and laptop in the house becomes a remote.

Raspberry Pi (Zero to 5) · NAS · Docker
Debian · Fedora · Arch · macOS · Windows

Desktop app

A normal app window on the computer you use, with tray icon, media keys and bit-perfect output to a USB DAC.

deb · rpm · Snap · Flatpak
macOS DMG · Windows installer

Android

The full player runs inside the app. Music in the phone's Music folder plays offline, with lock-screen controls.

APK on GitHub · Obtainium
Android 8.0 and newer

Multiroom

Every room on the same beat.

Group RSPlayer devices on your network and they play in sync, each with its own volume and EQ. No cloud account, no subscription.

Automatic discovery on the LAN
Encrypted QUIC streaming, millisecond-level sync
A Pi Zero W is enough for a follower room

Now Playing screen with multiroom follower RSPlayer2 enabled

Now Playing screen showing a FLAC 24/96 track

Radio and podcasts

Live radio and your shows, next to the library.

Search thousands of internet radio stations and the Apple Podcasts directory, or paste an RSS feed. Episodes resume where you stopped.

Next and Previous switch between favorite stations
New episodes fetched in the background
Your queue stays where you left it

For listeners who care

Sound you can tune, lyrics you can follow.

A built-in parametric EQ, loudness matching across albums, synchronized lyrics, 12 visualizers and 10+ themes. Keyboard shortcuts for everything.

FLACMP3AACOGGWAVAIFFCAFDSFDFFSACD ISOAPE

Audio processing settings with parametric EQ

Install

Playing in two minutes.

Linux packages come from a signed apt and dnf repository, so updates arrive with your normal system upgrade.

Debian, Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi OS, Fedora and Arch on x86_64, ARM and RISC-V:

$ bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ljufa/rsplayer/main/install.sh)

Then open http://raspberrypi.local (or the device's IP) in a browser.

Native package for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora or Arch. On apt and dnf systems it updates with your normal system upgrade:

$ bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ljufa/rsplayer/main/install_desktop.sh)

Ubuntu Snap:

$ sudo snap install rsplayer

Flatpak, on any distribution:

$ flatpak install https://ljufa.github.io/rsplayer-flatpak/io.github.ljufa.rsplayer.flatpakref

Mount your music folder and pass the sound device through:

$ docker run -p 8000:80 -v ~/Music:/music -v rsplayer_data:/opt/rsplayer --device /dev/snd ljufa/rsplayer:latest

How it compares

An open-source alternative to Volumio, moOde and MPD.

Everything built in, nothing behind a paywall.

Feature	RSPlayer	Volumio	moOde	MPD
Parametric EQ / DSP	Built in	Paid tier	CamillaDSP	Plugins
Multiroom	Built in	Paid tier	Yes	Plugins
EBU R128 loudness	Yes	No	No	No
Synchronized lyrics	Yes	No	No	No
Desktop and Android app	Yes	No	No	No
RISC-V 64	Yes	No	No	No
License	MIT	GPL	GPL	GPL

Full comparison with Roon, Navidrome, LMS, Daphile and piCorePlayer.