koel
koel is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Music Streaming category, licensed MIT and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Spotify and Last.fm. It has 17,314 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 17,314
- Forks
- 2,117
- Open issues
- 9
- Commits, last 12 months
- 815
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v9.15.0Sep 28, 2026
- Created
- Dec 6, 2015
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 815 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 815 |
| Latest release | v9.15.0 (Sep 28, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 176 |
| Open issues | 9 |
| Open pull requests | 4 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 6, 2015 |
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About koel
Personal music streaming server that works.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/koel/koel.
Topics
- laravel
- vue
- audio
- streaming
- hacktoberfest
- music
- music-player
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Is koel free and open source?
Yes. koel is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run koel with Docker?
koel does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to koel?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to koel include Navidrome Music Server, Beets and Audiobookshelf. koel itself is a self-hosted alternative to Spotify and Last.fm.
Is koel actively maintained?
The most recent commit to koel was on Oct 25, 2026 with 815 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v9.15.0, published Sep 28, 2026. It had 9 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.