🎧 Best Linux Clients for Self-hosted Music

A curated list of recommended Linux clients compatible with self-hosted music and other Subsonic-compatible servers.

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⭐ Recommended Clients

Feishin

• API Support: ✅ Navidrome / ✅ Jellyfin / ✅ OpenSubsonic
• License: GPL-3.0
• Open Source: ✅ Yes
• Price: 🆓 Free
• Status: 🟢 Actively maintained
• Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Highlights:

🚀 Highlights

• MPV player backend
• Web player backend
• Modern UI
• Smart playlist editor (Navidrome)
• Synchronized and unsynchronized lyrics support

📥 Installation

• 🌐 GitHub
• 🧊 Flatpak (Flathub) — ⭐ Recommended
• 📦 Releases (AppImage / .deb / .rpm)
• 🐧 AUR

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🎧 Supersonic

• API Support: ✅ Navidrome / ✅ Jellyfin / ✅ OpenSubsonic
• License: GPL-3.0
• Open Source: ✅ Yes
• Price: 🆓 Free
• Status: 🟢 Actively maintained
• Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🚀 Highlights

• Lightweight client written in Go ⚡
• Fast and native UI with infinite scrolling
• High-quality playback using MPV
• Multi-server support

📥 Installation

• 🌐 GitHub
• 🧊 Flatpak (Flathub)

• 📦 Releases (AppImage / .tar.xz)

🎧 Aonsoku

• API Support: ✅ Navidrome / ✅ Jellyfin / ✅ OpenSubsonic
• License: MIT
• Open Source: ✅ Yes
• Price: 🆓 Free
• Status: 🟢 Actively maintained
• Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

🚀 Highlights

• Spotify-style UI 🎵
• Subsonic-focused experience
• Clean and modern interface

📥 Installation

• 🌐 GitHub
• 🧊 Flatpak (Flathub)
• 📦 Releases (.deb / AppImage / .tar.gz)

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🎧 kopuz

• API Support: ✅ Navidrome / ✅ Jellyfin / ✅ OpenSubsonic
• License: MIT License
• Open Source: ✅ Yes
• Price: 🆓 Free
• Status: 🟢 Actively maintained
• Rating: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

🚀 Highlights

• Kopuz is a modern, lightweight, music player application built with Rust and the Dioxus framework. It provides a clean and responsive interface for managing and enjoying your local music collection.

📥 Installation

• 🌐 GitHub
• 🌐 Official Website

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🎧 Firmium

• API Support: ✅ Navidrome / ✅ OpenSubsonic
• License: GPL-3.0 license
• Open Source: ✅ Yes
• Price: 🆓 Free
• Status: 🟢 Actively maintained
• Rating: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

🚀 Highlights

• Equalizer — 10-band graphic and parametric modes, saveable profiles, per-device assignment
• Gapless & crossfade playback — next track preloads silently; configurable 1–12 s crossfade
• Scrobbling — Last.fm (via server) and ListenBrainz

📥 Installation

• 🌐 GitHub

• 📦 Releases (.deb / AppImage / .tar.gz)

🎧 Psysonic

• API Support: ✅ Navidrome / ✅ Gonic
• License: GNU
• Open Source: ✅ Yes
• Status: 🟡 Psysonic is under heavy active development
• Rating: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

🚀 Highlights

• Synchronized Lyrics
• Last.fm Integration: Direct scrobbling
• Clean and modern interface

📥 Installation (Linux)

• 🌐 GitHub

• 📦 Releases (.deb / AppImage / .tar.gz)

https://github.com/Taiko2k/Tauon

⚠️ Notes

• Licensing and pricing information may change over time.
• Please verify the latest information in each project’s repository or Play Store page before using it.