Navidrome vs Airsonic: Which Music Server?

Quick Verdict Navidrome is the better choice. It's actively maintained, dramatically lighter on resources, has a modern web UI, and implements the Subsonic API more completely. Airsonic-Advanced is effectively abandoned — the last release was in 2023 and development has stalled. Unless you have an existing Airsonic setup you're maintaining, start with Navidrome. Overview Navidrome is a modern, Go-based music server implementing the Subsonic/OpenSubsonic API. It launched in 2019 as a fresh alternative to the aging Subsonic/Airsonic lineage. Single binary, embedded SQLite, minimal resource usage, and a clean React-based web UI. Active development with monthly releases. Airsonic-Advanced is a community fork of Airsonic, which was itself a fork of the original Subsonic server. It's written in Java (Spring Boot) and has been the go-to Subsonic-compatible server for years. However, development has effectively stopped — the last GitHub release (v11.1.5-SNAPSHOT) was in early 2023, and the pro