Mopidy
Mopidy is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Music Streaming category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to Sonos. It has 8,604 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 20, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 8,604
- Forks
- 726
- Open issues
- 145
- Commits, last 12 months
- 497
- Last commit
- Oct 20, 2026
- Latest release
- v4.0.5Oct 16, 2026
- Created
- Dec 23, 2009
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 20, 2026, 497 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 20, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 497 |
| Latest release | v4.0.5 (Oct 16, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 39 |
| Open issues | 145 |
| Open pull requests | 16 |
| Good first issues | 8 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 23, 2009 |
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About Mopidy
Extensible music server. Offers a superset of the mpd API, as well as integration with 3rd party services like Spotify, SoundCloud etc.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/mopidy/mopidy.
Topics
- python
- mopidy
- music-player
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Is Mopidy free and open source?
Yes. Mopidy is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 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 Mopidy with Docker?
Mopidy does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python and deb), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Mopidy?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Mopidy include Navidrome Music Server, koel and Beets. Mopidy itself is a self-hosted alternative to Sonos.
Is Mopidy actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Mopidy was on Oct 20, 2026 with 497 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v4.0.5, published Oct 16, 2026. It had 145 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.