A self-hosted music app with Spotify-like discovery is missing
A long-running ZimaOS server still has no music setup. The desired system is a single app that runs on a NAS and works more like Apple Music or Spotify, including finding and saving unfamiliar music. Discovery could come from community playlists, while requests and should happen inside the same app used for listening, much like handles media requests.
appears focused on playing an existing library rather than finding new music. Funkwhale may not suit a NAS and its does not meet the desired standard. that recommends music or trims and reorganizes playlists would also be useful.
About 10,000 songs are currently saved on Spotify, and even a migration lasting weeks would be acceptable, but no software meeting all these needs has been identified.
Key points
- The goal is one NAS app for discovering, saving, downloading, and playing music.
- Community playlists or should help find unfamiliar music.
- seems better suited to playing an existing library than discovering music.
- Roughly 10,000 saved Spotify songs may need to be transferred.
- No confirmed app currently meets every requirement described.