What I Self Host

Self hosting is great. The examples in this article are not exactly shining examples: an API that shows your Spotify stats?

If we’re going to talk about self hosting music, I’d like to mention Roon, which is loved by audiophiles. It aims at creating a magazine like experience for navigating and discovering music. Been using it since COVID and it’s completely transformed my experience of listening to something else than the same playlist over and over.

Thanks for the tip! I run these things mostly for fun - the Spotify stats thing isn't super useful, but it is fun to look at how my listening habits have changed over the years.

It slightly more than just an API though: one can't aggregate directly from the Spotify API.

The fact that it's a subscription is slightly off putting.

Loved the UI photos, but I guess I'll continue with Navidrome + Feishin/Symfonium.

How is this Roon selfhosting when its 14,99€/m? Isnt this just another Streaming Service?

I like listening to the same playlist over an over. Magazine for music? I would like to have time for magazines. But it would be about electronic and RC-models.

I'm not super familiar, but it looks like you're subscribing to Roon's metadata but it's "bring your own music" (to quote their FAQ) which can be files you self-host and/or supported music streaming services (which don't include Roon) that you subscribe to separately.

I bought the lifetime membership half a decade ago and never looked back. It's a bit like the Plex one in that sense.

You can self host a server on your machine, and buy a license for it. Not all software you run on your own machine has to be open source. See: Plex for example.

Jellyfin user but also leaning on the Feishin/Symfonium desktop/mobile combo. Two of the best UX in the game

> Not all software you run on your own machine has to be open source.

You can take that risk if you want to. I prefer to not make myself dependent on a single vendor whenever possible.