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Black Candy vs Navidrome
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| Fact | Black Candy | Navidrome |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Ruby | Go |
| Licence | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 4.4k | 24k |
| Latest | v3.2.1 | v0.64.2 |
| Last push | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 353 days between releases | about 6 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 3 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 30 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Spotify. Alternatives to Spotify →
PartialBlack CandyStreams your own music to its web and mobile apps; there is no catalog of music to stream.
PartialNavidromeStreams your own music library to Subsonic-compatible clients; there is no catalog of music to stream.
Black Candy
- v3.2.12026-08-26Fix: unload html5 audio nodes when switching songs
- v3.2.02026-05-07> [!IMPORTANT]
- v3.1.02025-06-18> [!IMPORTANT]
- v3.0.02024-05-31Hi, It's been a long time since the last stable release. Thank you to everyone who tried and gave feedback on the edge…
- v2.1.12022-08-09Replace postcss to sass
Navidrome
- v0.64.22026-09-24This is a bug fix release. The main fix is for users on slow storage (USB disks, remote drives), who have seen floods o…
- v0.64.12026-09-21v0.64.1 - Security Fixes
- v0.64.02026-09-12This release brings an experimental Jellyfin Music API, so Jellyfin-compatible music clients like Finamp and Jellify ca…
- v0.63.22026-07-11205c85da5523338807808202d8877ccaa6e82776: fix(plugins): surface host service failures when loading plugins (#5756) (@de…
- v0.63.12026-07-09052f10fd68984a01cc2c87eee9edcc16dbfa6ad5: fix(build): prevent 32-bit startup crash (segfault/SIGILL) in downloads binar…
Black Candy
unsigned The latest release, v3.2.1, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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Navidrome
✓ signed The latest release, v0.64.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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