slskd
slskd is an open-source, self-hosted app in the File Sharing category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in C#. It ships a Docker image. It has 4,191 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- File Sharing
- C#
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 4,191
- Forks
- 188
- Open issues
- 177
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,257
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- 0.26.2Oct 23, 2026
- Created
- Dec 30, 2020
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,257 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors5 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,257 |
| Latest release | 0.26.2 (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 124 |
| Open issues | 177 |
| Open pull requests | 14 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Dec 30, 2020 |
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About slskd
A modern client-server application for the Soulseek file sharing network.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/slskd/slskd.
Topics
- soulseek
- soulseek-network
- soulseek-web
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Is slskd free and open source?
Yes. slskd is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 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 slskd with Docker?
Yes. slskd provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to slskd?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to slskd include qBittorrent, transfer.sh and Transmission.
Is slskd actively maintained?
The most recent commit to slskd was on Oct 26, 2026 with 1,257 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 0.26.2, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 177 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.