Funkwhale
Funkwhale is a modern, federated, multi-user music server. Built on the ActivityPub protocol, it lets you access your personal music collection from anywhere, share it with friends and family, and even discover music shared across the wider Funkwhale network — all without tracking, ads or a central corporation.
Key Features
- Federated and decentralized — Content can be shared across pods through ActivityPub, with no central server or company in control
- Access from anywhere — Listen in the browser or with Subsonic-compatible clients and your favourite podcast app
- Library sharing — Share playlists, albums or whole parts of your library with friends and family
- Publish your work — Create channels for music or podcasts so listeners are notified of new releases, with an embeddable export widget
- Discovery — Explore and follow content shared across the community, keeping favourites in your library
- Radios and playlists — Built-in radio-style listening and full playlist support
- Privacy-first — No third-party analytics, no tracking, no ads
Why Use Funkwhale?
Funkwhale is unique in bringing promotion and sharing of freely licensed music into your own hands. Unlike a private-only server, it federates — so artists on your pod can be discovered network-wide, and you retain full control of the infrastructure your community listens on.
Use Cases
- Hosting a community music service that shares across the fediverse
- Publishing podcasts and music for followers without a commercial platform
- Self-hosting a private music library accessible from any device
Platform
Linux · macOS · Windows · Docker · Web · Android · iOS
Licence
Affero GNU General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0)