Open Source Android Media Servers

Go2TV is a free, open-source media casting application designed to stream multimedia content to smart TVs and Chromecast devices. It uses DLNA, UPnP, and Chromecast protocols to discover and connect to compatible receivers on a local network. Users can cast videos, music, images, internet radio stations, and supported live streams without configuring a separate media server. The software provides playback controls, playlists, subtitles, and media seeking. It supports FFmpeg transcoding for converting media formats that receiving devices cannot play directly. Additional capabilities include torrent streaming, experimental desktop casting, and browser-based remote controls. Available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, Go2TV provides graphical and command-line interfaces for media streaming.

Emby Releases is an official distribution repository containing compiled application packages for the Emby media platform. It provides binary releases for selected Emby client applications rather than serving as the main source code repository. The collection includes platform-specific directories for Android, Android TV, macOS, and Samsung Tizen. These applications allow users to access media libraries hosted on compatible Emby servers. Depending on the platform, users can browse movies, television shows, music, and other supported content. Emby clients provide playback interfaces adapted to their respective devices and operating systems. The repository centralizes downloadable builds for installation and distribution. It serves users and administrators who need access to Emby applications across supported platforms.

musikcube is a free, open-source terminal-based music player, audio engine, and streaming server written in C++. It provides a lightweight environment for organizing and playing personal music collections without a conventional graphical interface. The application indexes audio files and their metadata to enable efficient library browsing and searching. Its keyboard-driven interface allows users to navigate albums, artists, tracks, and playlists directly from the terminal. musikcube includes an HTTP streaming server for delivering music to compatible network clients. Its companion Android application, musikdroid, provides remote playback control and access to streamed audio. Available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi, musikcube offers an extensible audio architecture with plugin support.

HTTP media server browser and stream player. Ideal for playing internet radio or streaming podcasts in the background. For use with any streaming media servers such as GNUMP3d.

NexusM is a self-hosted media server that puts your entire entertainment library at your fingertips — music, movies, TV shows, anime, music videos, podcasts, audiobooks, eBooks, and photos, all in one place. Run NexusM on your own hardware and stream to any browser or device on your network, with no subscriptions, no accounts, and no data leaving your home. Your media, your rules. NexusM handles your full collection with rich metadata, beautiful artwork, and smart organisation — movies with posters and cast info, TV shows sorted by season, music with album art and scrobbling to Last.fm and Trakt, and anime powered by MyAnimeList metadata. Discover what's new in cinemas and streaming with the built-in New Releases browser. Stream with confidence using FFmpeg-powered HLS transcoding, full HDR tone-mapping support, and hardware acceleration via Intel VAAPI and NVIDIA NVENC. DLNA/UPnP is built in so your smart TV and media players find NexusM automatically.

Atrium is an open-source Android application for managing self-hosted media servers, download clients, and monitoring services through a unified interface. It integrates with Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Jellyfin, Plex, qBittorrent, and numerous other platforms. Users can manage multiple instances of each service and access them through automatically selected local or remote connections. A centralized activity feed displays active streams, downloads, uploads, and media processing queues. The application provides media browsing, torrent management, download controls, and server monitoring tools. Additional capabilities include Wake-on-LAN, biometric authentication, and secure API key storage. Built with Flutter, Atrium features a Material 3 interface with dynamic colors, customizable profiles, and configuration import and export.

Sharing of music files located on Android OS through iTunes through zeroconf (mDNS, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_configuration_networking) and DAAP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Access_Protocol). Implements DAAP Server for Android

Tempus is a free, open-source Android music player designed for streaming personal music libraries from Subsonic-compatible servers. Forked from Tempo, it provides a native interface for browsing artists, albums, genres, playlists, and music by decade. Users can create playlists, stream tracks, and access offline playback features. Gapless playback and ReplayGain provide smoother listening and consistent volume levels. Its discovery tools use listening history, random selections, and server-generated instant mixes. Optional Last.fm and ListenBrainz integration records listening activity. Additional features include podcast playback, internet radio, equalizer controls, and server-side transcoding. The GitHub edition also supports Android Auto and Chromecast.