Snapcast
Snapcast is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Music Streaming category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in C++. It is a self-hosted alternative to Sonos. It has 8,027 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Jun 27, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 8,027
- Forks
- 557
- Open issues
- 110
- Commits, last 12 months
- 39
- Last commit
- Jun 27, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.35.0Mar 10, 2026
- Created
- Jan 2, 2015
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Jun 27, 2026.
| Last commit | Jun 27, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 39 |
| Latest release | v0.35.0 (Mar 10, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 |
| Releases, all time | 49 |
| Open issues | 110 |
| Open pull requests | 32 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Jan 2, 2015 |
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About Snapcast
Synchronous multiroom audio server.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/snapcast/snapcast.
Topics
- audio-player
- sonos
- lms
- synchronous
- audio
- audio-streaming
- multiroom-audio
- music
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Is Snapcast free and open source?
Yes. Snapcast is open-source software released under the GPL-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 Snapcast with Docker?
Snapcast does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C++ and deb), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Snapcast?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Snapcast include Navidrome Music Server, koel and Beets. Snapcast itself is a self-hosted alternative to Sonos.
Is Snapcast actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Snapcast was on Jun 27, 2026 with 39 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.35.0, published Mar 10, 2026. It had 110 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.