Music Assistant
Ranked 4 of 4 music servers by recommenders
Open-source music server that brings multi-room playback, streaming, lyrics, DSP and local media together, and people are excited about where it is heading.
Open-source music server that brings multi-room playback, streaming, lyrics, DSP and local media together, and people are excited about where it is heading.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Multi-room playback across speakers
“Multi room, streaming, lyrics, DSP, catalogue of local media.”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “The state of Linux music players in 2026” Streaming and local media catalogue
“Multi room, streaming, lyrics, DSP, catalogue of local media.”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “The state of Linux music players in 2026” Lyrics and DSP features
“Multi room, streaming, lyrics, DSP, catalogue of local media.”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “The state of Linux music players in 2026” Exciting recent progress
“the most exciting news I've heard in a long time”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Sauron, home security startup, plucks CEO out of Sonos”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Rough around the edges as replacement
“It's still really rough around the edges as a full replacement.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Plex laid off the whole player team”
Other music servers people recommend
The three most recommended other music servers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 4 music servers, rankedWhat people said
3 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's still really rough around the edges as a full replacement.”
“Multi room, streaming, lyrics, DSP, catalogue of local media.”
“the most exciting news I've heard in a long time”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.