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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

v0.64 is live! - Experimental Jellyfin Music API support for compatible clients - New artwork pipeline with blurred placeholders - Faster performance with canonical 128-bit IDs, indexed filtering, and playlist imports - And many more fixes and improvements! opencollective.com/navidrome/up...

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Navidrome v0.64: interoperability, faster artwork delivery, and performance improvements - Navidrome

This release brings an experimental Jellyfin Music API, so Jellyfin-compatible music clients like Finamp and Jellify can now connect to Navidrome. Artwork got a new background pipeline with blurred lo...

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We build Navidrome so everyone can enjoy their music collection with freedom, autonomy, and control. Navidrome is not-for-profit, free and open-source software. If Navidrome is useful to you, please support us with a small monthly donation on Open Collective: opencollective.com/navidrome

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Navidrome - Open Collective

We build Navidrome, an open-source streamer so users can enjoy their music collection from anywhere

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Navidrome 0.63 is out! - Support for synced, karaoke-style word-by-word lyrics - Syncing and browsing are much faster for large libraries And many smaller improvements: github.com/navidrome/navidrome/releases Navidrome is open-source & not-for-profit, please support us opencollective.com/navidrome

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Navidrome - Open Collective

We build Navidrome, an open-source streamer so users can enjoy their music collection from anywhere

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Lean and clean 🕺 (Source: medium.com/@bishakhghos...)

table comparing media servers and showing Navidrome has a much lighter idle memory footprint

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"An open source media server—Navidrome—paired with the right client app is significantly better and more capable than I anticipated. Rather than feeling like a downgrade, it feels like a viable alternative." www.howtogeek.com/self-hosted-...

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I built a self-hosted Navidrome server to replace Spotify, and it works better than I expected

$20 in parts and an hour can get you your own Spotify alternative.

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

v0.62.0 of Navidrome is out! - support audio-based similarity through the plugin system - major overhaul to playback reporting and the Now Playing experience - security hardening on authorization & DDOS prevention - five new UI themes - and more! Full release notes: github.com/navidrome/na...

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Release v0.62.0 · navidrome/navidrome

This release introduces support for the OpenSubsonic sonicSimilarity extension, enabling audio-based similarity through the plugin system: when a plugin provides the capability, the new getSonicSim...

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

No middlemen, no worries. Just you and your music.

Microblogging user asks "why Amazong why?" with a screenshot of an Amazon Music announcement that they will include ads and no longer support downloads.

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Someone built their own self-hosted jukebox with NFC cards so their 2 year old daughter could play music, free from other products' locked ecosystem. It plugs straight into Navidrome! www.pedaldrivenprogramming.com/2026/05/self...

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Self Hosted Jukebox with NFC Cards

My daughter turned 2 this month. She loves music and we bought her one of those

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Selling physical books, AI narrating magazines... We can't wait to order robotaxis and book dentist appointments on Spotify's super app! And if music is your thing, there's always Navidrome

Spotify is narrating magazine articles now

More than 650 long-form articles are available starting today as part of Spotify’s audiobook library.

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Quote of the day: "I think notepad on windows 11 is more resource intensive" 😆

@navidrome I somewhat recently setup my navidrome and I'm using Symfonium to listen and I'm quite happy.

After Spotify locked me out of my account and Youtube no longer wanted to accept my money, I now self-host. Navidrome barely uses any ram or cpu. I think notepad on windows 11 is more resource intensive.

I have my music from back when I was in middle school, lol. They can't take that away from me.

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"Self-hosting your music isn’t as complicated as it sounds, and the trade-offs are pretty reasonable. You’ll spend some time tagging files and maintaining your server, but in return, you get a library that nobody can alter, remove tracks from, or monitor for profit." mahalsa.us/i-ditched-sp...

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I ditched Spotify for a self-hosted music server and never looked back | Mahalsa

Spotify and YouTube Music are convenient until you start noticing the cracks. Tracks disappear when licensing deals fall through, algorithms push convenience

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Totally legitimate fear, we've seen too many great open source software become enshittified. We are actually starting to think about a legal structure to ensure Navidrome remains open-source and community-centric. What other open-source software have you seen do this well that we could learn from?

screenshot of a post that says "I am excited to have found #Navidrome But it's apparently SO good that I am wondering if it's at risk of being corporatized after I've committed to building my offline system around it 🤔"

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Another benefit from Navidrome: your library is under your complete control. You're not locked in if you want to move elsewhere. And you can listen to that same library on whatever device and service you like. Even on your old iPod. Because we all love our old iPod 🫶

Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners

It’s not exactly going analog, but people looking to move away from streaming say Apple’s old device is a small step away from constantly being online.

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Navidrome doesn't sell printed books but we also don't sell your data or lock your music listening experience so... pros and cons 🤷

Spotify now sells printed booksThe partnership with Bookshop.org is rolling out to Spotify users in the US and UK.

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

With Navidrome, you're in control: don't like AI? Navidrome ships free of AI features. You do want AI? Add it in, it's up to you. For example, there's AudioMuse-AI, which brings automatic playlist generation to your self-hosted music library--including Navidrome! neptunehub.github.io/AudioMuse-AI/

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AudioMuse-AI Documentation

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Good overview of the pros and cons of self-hosting. Self-hosting is not for everyone, but if you have the technical capacity and the time, the benefits--control, autonomy, and privacy--make it totally worth it! www.archynewsy.com/the-hidden-c...

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The Hidden Costs of Self-Hosting: Control vs. Maintenance - Archynewsy

For developers and entrepreneurs, the allure of self-hosting is powerful: total control over the stack, enhanced privacy and the promise of slashing monthly

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🚀 Navidrome version 0.61 🚀 Major updates: - Artwork overhaul: per-disc cover art, artist image uploads, animated image preservation, and a faster image pipeline powered by WebP encoding. 1/5 #music #selfhosting #decentralization #spotify

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Navidrome @navidrome.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Hello, we're on Bluesky 👋 🎧️ Follow for updates on Navidrome, the open-source music streaming server 🎧️ #music #decentralization #self-hosting #streaming

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