A self-hosted music server for collectors, featuring advanced metadata handling, music videos, and flexible library management.
Meelo is a self-hosted personal music server designed for music collectors and enthusiasts. It allows users to host, organize, and stream their music libraries with advanced features like music video integration, detailed metadata parsing, and collector-focused organization. It solves the problem of managing complex music collections with multiple versions, rare tracks, and varied media types in a centralized, customizable server.
Music collectors, audiophiles, and enthusiasts with large, organized digital music libraries who want a self-hosted solution with deep metadata and flexible browsing. It's also for users familiar with Docker and basic setup processes.
Developers choose Meelo for its collector-centric features like B-side identification, rare track highlighting, and music video support, which are often missing in other media servers. Its flexibility in metadata parsing and format support, combined with self-hosting control, makes it a powerful alternative to commercial options.
Self-hosted Music Server. Focused on metadata integration & UI
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Treats music videos as first-class citizens with direct access from albums or artists, differentiating them from interviews or behind-the-scenes content, enhancing the browsing experience.
Uses embedded metadata or filenames and integrates with MusicBrainz, Genius, and Wikipedia to fetch genres, descriptions, and ratings, ensuring rich library data.
Identifies B-sides, rare tracks, and handles album releases and song versions to avoid duplicates, catering specifically to music collectors with complex libraries.
Supports all audio and video formats through transcoding when needed, ensuring playback compatibility across browsers without requiring format conversions upfront.
Requires Docker deployment and knowledge of regex for metadata parsing, as noted in the README, which can be daunting for users without technical expertise.
The Android app is stable but iOS is in alpha, and known issues exist, making mobile access less reliable and feature-incomplete compared to the desktop version.
Needs a 'clean' collection with embedded metadata or standard architecture, which may require preprocessing with tools like iTunes or Beets, adding to initial effort.
Meelo is an open-source alternative to the following products:
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