Your music, your server
Songloft is a self-hosted music server for individuals: fully own your data, extend with plugins, play everywhere — for music you legally own.
Default admin / admin is for local testing only — set a strong password before exposing it.
Deploy once, listen everywhere
Core features
A music experience built around ownership
A lightweight Go backend paired with polished cross-platform clients.
Your local library, fully in hand
Scan local folders and auto-detect MP3 / FLAC / WAV / APE / OGG / M4A / MOV — covers, lyrics and metadata included. Changes sync in real time.
- All common formats
- Covers · lyrics · tags
- Auto change sync
Immersive now playing
Colors are extracted live from album art so every track gets its own mood. Background playback with lock-screen and notification controls.
- Live color from art
- Background & media controls
- Headset · lock screen
Organize with playlists
Create playlists freely and manage local and remote tracks together, with built-in Favorites and one-tap play-all.
- Local + remote unified
- Internet radio streams
- One-tap play all
Light, dark & every platform
Switch light and dark themes, or follow the system. One Flutter client runs on Android / iOS / macOS / Windows / Linux / Web.
- Light · dark · system
- One codebase, 6 platforms
- Web UI out of the box
Extend it with plugins
Run JS plugins in a QuickJS sandbox to add sources, metadata and device control — with a permission model, hot-reload and health checks.
- QuickJS sandbox
- Permissions + hot-reload
- Full REST API + Swagger
Interface
Clean and usable on every screen
Light or dark, desktop or mobile — it just looks good.
Get started
Choose how to install
Binary, Docker, Bundle, clients and big screens — there is one for you.
On macOS run `xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ./songloft` before first launch.
Need step-by-step details? See the Quick Start docs
Plugin ecosystem
Push the limits with plugins
JS plugins run in a QuickJS sandbox to add audio sources, metadata and device control — permissions, hot-reload and health checks all automatic.
⚖️ Compliance & copyright
Songloft helps you manage music you legally own. Before using it, please note:
- It ships and distributes no copyrighted music content
- Manage only music you legally own (purchased / self-recorded / public domain / CC)
- Third-party plugins are community-maintained; source copyright is the user’s responsibility
- For personal, non-commercial use; the server has no telemetry
Ready to own your music server?
Up and running in minutes — your data stays with you.