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Ampache

A web-based audio/video streaming application and file manager.

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Ampache is a web-based audio and video streaming application and file manager that lets users access their music and video collections from internet-connected devices. It is free and open source software licensed under AGPLv3, with development dating back to 2001. The application synchronizes local and remote catalogs into a single collection and streams media to preferred players or directly through an HTML5 player.

Core capabilities include music collection browsing and management, video and podcast support, live radio streams, and Collections that group songs, albums, videos, and playlists. Ampache serves the same catalog through its native API, Subsonic and OpenSubsonic backends, a Jellyfin-compatible backend, DAAP, and UPnP/DLNA, supporting clients such as Finamp, Symfonium, DSub, Sonixd, iTunes, and DLNA players. Additional features include the AudioMuse plugin for sonic similarity, Moods, BPM tagging, dynamic smart playlists, multi-disc albums, multi-artist tagging, catalog filters per user, remote catalogs from another Ampache server, Subsonic server, Beets, or SoundCloud, and democratic playback with Localplay for shared speakers.

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