What is Navidrome?

Navidrome is a lightweight, open-source music streaming server that makes your personal music library available everywhere. It streams via a modern web UI and supports the Subsonic API, meaning hundreds of mobile apps (DSub, Ultrasonic, Symfonium, Finamp, Substreamer) can connect to it natively on iOS and Android.

Features

• 🎵 Full music collection streaming — browse by artist, album, genre, or playlist from any device
• 📱 Subsonic API — compatible with DSub, Ultrasonic, Symfonium, Substreamer, and dozens of other clients
• 🎨 Modern web UI — built-in player with artwork, lyrics, and queue management
• 🔀 Playlists & smart playlists — curate collections and auto-generate queues
• ⭐ Ratings & favourites — star tracks and albums, synced across clients
• 🎙️ Last.fm scrobbling — automatically log plays to your Last.fm profile
• 🌍 Multi-user support — separate libraries and permissions per user

Navidrome in Your Media Stack

• 🎵 Lidarr — automate new album downloads; Navidrome streams what Lidarr acquires
• 📊 Tautulli — Tautulli is Plex-specific; for Navidrome listening stats, Last.fm scrobbling is the native equivalent
• 📱 Subsonic clients — DSub, Symfonium, Substreamer (iOS/Android) connect directly via the Subsonic API endpoint

Why ElfHosted?

Navidrome's self-hosting setup is straightforward by Docker standards, but the catch is the music library mount. Your music collection needs to be accessible as a volume path — which on a home server means careful NFS/SMB configuration, and on cloud VPS means either uploading everything or mounting remote storage. Getting the library path wrong means Navidrome shows an empty library with no obvious error. ElfHosted connects Navidrome directly to your existing ElfHosted storage (rclone mounts, symlinks, or SMB shares) so your collection is visible from day one.

• 📂 Integrated storage — connects to your ElfHosted storage mount automatically
• 🚀 No Docker volume config — no path mapping or NFS mount setup
• 🔒 SSO protected — dashboard secured by ElfHosted SSO

Technical Specs

• 🎵 Protocol: Subsonic API + native web UI
• 🔗 Upstream project: github.com/navidrome/navidrome

FAQ

Which mobile apps work with Navidrome?
DSub (Android), Substreamer (iOS/Android), Symfonium (Android), Ultrasonic (Android), and many others that support the Subsonic API.

Does Navidrome handle transcoding?
Yes — it transcodes on-the-fly for formats your client doesn't support natively, using configurable bitrate limits.