FLOSS alternative to subsonic, supporting its many clients

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features

• browsing by folder (keeping your full tree intact) see here
• browsing by tags (using taglib - supports mp3, opus, flac, ape, m4a, wav, etc.)
• on-the-fly audio transcoding and caching (requires ffmpeg) (thank you spijet)
• jukebox mode (thank you lxea)
• support for podcasts (thank you lxea)
• pretty fast scanning (with my library of ~27k tracks, initial scan takes about 10m, and about 5s after incrementally)
• multiple users, each with their own transcoding preferences, playlists, top tracks, top artists, etc.
• last.fm scrobbling
• listenbrainz scrobbling (thank you spezifisch, lxea)
• artist similarities and biographies from the last.fm api
• multiple genre support (see GONIC_GENRE_SPLIT to split tag strings on a character, eg. ;, and browse them individually)
• a web interface for configuration (set up last.fm, manage users, start scans, etc.)
• support for the album-artist tag, to not clutter your artist list with compilation album appearances
• written in go, so lightweight and suitable for a raspberry pi, etc. (see ARM images below)
• newer salt and token auth
• tested on airsonic-refix, symfonium, dsub, jamstash, sublime music, soundwaves, stmp, strawberry, and ultrasonic

installation

the default login is admin/admin.
password can then be changed from the web interface

...from source

https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/wiki/installation#from-source

...with docker

https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/wiki/installation#with-docker

...with systemd

https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/wiki/installation#with-systemd

...elsewhere

configuration options

env var	command line arg	description
GONIC_MUSIC_PATH	-music-path	path to your music collection (see also multi-folder support below)
GONIC_PODCAST_PATH	-podcast-path	path to a podcasts directory
GONIC_CACHE_PATH	-cache-path	path to store audio transcodes, covers, etc
GONIC_DB_PATH	-db-path	optional path to database file
GONIC_HTTP_LOG	-http-log	optional http request logging, enabled by default
GONIC_LISTEN_ADDR	-listen-addr	optional host and port to listen on (eg. 0.0.0.0:4747, 127.0.0.1:4747) (default 0.0.0.0:4747)
GONIC_TLS_CERT	-tls-cert	optional path to a TLS cert (enables HTTPS listening)
GONIC_TLS_KEY	-tls-key	optional path to a TLS key (enables HTTPS listening)
GONIC_PROXY_PREFIX	-proxy-prefix	optional url path prefix to use if behind reverse proxy. eg /gonic (see example configs below)
GONIC_SCAN_INTERVAL	-scan-interval	optional interval (in minutes) to check for new music (automatic scanning disabled if omitted)
GONIC_SCAN_AT_START_ENABLED	-scan-at-start-enabled	optional whether to perform an initial scan at startup
GONIC_SCAN_WATCHER_ENABLED	-scan-watcher-enabled	optional whether to watch file system for new music and rescan
GONIC_JUKEBOX_ENABLED	-jukebox-enabled	optional whether the subsonic jukebox api should be enabled
GONIC_JUKEBOX_MPV_EXTRA_ARGS	-jukebox-mpv-extra-args	optional extra command line arguments to pass to the jukebox mpv daemon
GONIC_PODCAST_PURGE_AGE	-podcast-purge-age	optional age (in days) to purge podcast episodes if not accessed
GONIC_GENRE_SPLIT	-genre-split	optional a string or character to split genre tags on for multi-genre support (eg. ;)

screenshots

multiple folders support (v0.15+)

gonic supports multiple music folders. this can be handy if you have your music separated by albums, compilations, singles. or maybe 70s, 80s, 90s. whatever.

if you're running gonic with the command line, stack the -music-path arg

$ gonic -music-path /path/to/albums -music-path /path/to/compilations

if you're running gonic with ENV_VARS, or docker, try separate with a comma

GONIC_MUSIC_PATH=/path/to/albums,/path/to/compilations

if you're running gonic with the config file, you can repeat the music-path option

music-path /path/to/albums
music-path /path/to/compilations

after that, most subsonic clients should allow you to select which music folder to use. queries like show me "recently played compilations" or "recently added albums" are possible for example.

directory structure

when browsing by folder, any arbitrary and nested folder layout is supported, with the following caveats:

• Files from the same album must all be in the same folder
• All files in a folder must be from the same album

please see here for more context

music
├── drum and bass
│   └── Photek
│       └── (1997) Modus Operandi
│           ├── 01.10 The Hidden Camera.flac
│           ├── 02.10 Smoke Rings.flac
│           ├── 03.10 Minotaur.flac
│           └── folder.jpg
└── experimental
    └── Alan Vega
        ├── (1980) Alan Vega
        │   ├── 01.08 Jukebox Babe.flac
        │   ├── 02.08 Fireball.flac
        │   ├── 03.08 Kung Foo Cowboy.flac
        │   └── folder.jpg
        └── (1990) Deuce Avenue
            ├── 01.13 Body Bop Jive.flac
            ├── 02.13 Sneaker Gun Fire.flac
            ├── 03.13 Jab Gee.flac
            └── folder.jpg