Synchronous multiroom audio player
Synchronous multiroom audio over the network, without the speakers or a streaming app.
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Multiroom wireless speakers and the app that streams music to them. A closed product from Sonos.
Snapcast and Music Assistant. 2 alternatives to Sonos, in C++, Python. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snapcast | Partial | 8k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | v0.35.0 | 2026-06-27 |
| Music Assistant | Partial | 3.2k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Python | 2.10.7 | 2026-10-19 |
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Music Assistant is a free, opensource Media library manager that connects to your streaming services and a wide range of connected speakers. The server is the beating heart, the core of Music Assistant and must run on an always-on device like a Raspberry Pi, a NAS or an Intel NUC or alike.
Multiroom playback to many speaker types from one library, controlled from Home Assistant.
- Language
- Python
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 3.2k
- Latest
- 2.10.7
- Last push
- 2026-10-19
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