Overview

Polaris is a music streaming application, designed to let you enjoy your music collection from any computer or mobile device. Polaris is a music streaming application, designed to let you enjoy your music collection from any computer or mobile device. - agersant/polaris The project has 3K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

🖥️ Runs on Windows, Linux, BSD, or through Docker
🔊 Support for flac, mp3, mp4, mpc, ogg, opus, ape, wav and aiff files
🌈 Dark mode variants and customizable color palette
💿️ Browse your music by album, artist or genre
📂 Browse your music as a file tree
🌊 Song audio-waveform visualization
🏷️ Support for multi-value fields in song metadata (eg. multiple artists per song)
🔍️ Powerful search functionality with per-field queries
⚙️ Plain-text configuration also editable with built-in UI
👥 Setup multiple users, each with their own playlists

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

Installation documentation

Streaming from remote devices

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

charts, dark mode, docker, mobile app, rest api.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

REST API

Customization & Branding

Dark Mode

Analytics & Reporting

Charts & Graphs

Mobile & Desktop

Mobile App

Replaces

Related Media & Streaming Tools

View all 334 →

Immich

95K

High-performance self-hosted photo and video management — automatic backup, ML-powered search, and a Google Photos-like experience on your own server.

media AGPL-3.0

Jellyfin

49K

The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream movies, shows, music, and photos to any device from your own server.

media GPL-2.0