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Airsonic Advanced Hosting
Stream and manage personal music libraries from the web or Subsonic-compatible apps.
No setup fees-
One click deploy -
1 GB RAM Memory needed -
15 GB Disk Space Needed -
From 2 € Price
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Airsonic Advanced’s official links and original website
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Tech
- Docker image
- ghcr.io/kagemomiji/airsonic-advanced:latest
- Default port
- 4040
How Airsonic Advanced works
Airsonic Advanced indexes music stored in mounted library folders and presents artists, albums, tracks, playlists, search, favourites, and playback through a web interface. It also implements the Subsonic API used by many independent mobile, desktop, and network-audio clients. Users can maintain separate preferences and stream to several players, subject to the processor, bandwidth, and file-format demands of each session.
The catalogue persists application data, music, playlists, and podcast directories. Library files are not supplied with hosting; users must upload or otherwise provide media they are authorised to store. Scanning reads metadata and artwork, while podcast retrieval and optional transcoding can create additional files. Client compatibility and exact codec support vary with the chosen application, image, and source formats.
Key Airsonic Advanced features
Airsonic Advanced extends the older Airsonic codebase with updated scanning, interface, credential, playlist, podcast, and transfer features. Its development model favours newer snapshots, and upstream warns that major-version upgrades can be incompatible with earlier releases, making backup and post-update testing important.
Upstream Airsonic commonly starts with public default admin / admin credentials when no customised account is provisioned. The catalogue does not supply generated credentials, so administrators should test the first login and replace any default password immediately. Subsonic clients, scrobbling accounts, internet-radio sources, podcasts, Sonos or Chromecast environments, and media rights remain separate.
Airsonic Advanced vs Plex
Airsonic Advanced is a self-hosted personal-audio server with a web interface and Subsonic-compatible API. Plex combines personal libraries, official apps, managed accounts, streaming features, optional Plex Pass services, and the music-focused Plexamp client.
Plex may fit users who want vendor-maintained clients, account discovery, and a broader commercial media ecosystem. Airsonic Advanced is attractive when Subsonic client choice and server control matter more. Its administration, media preparation, upgrade testing, and compatible client selection remain the operator’s responsibility, and major-version reversions can be difficult.
Who uses Airsonic Advanced
Collectors stream a home music archive remotely, families create separate users and playlists, and enthusiasts connect preferred Subsonic clients. Podcasts and internet-radio entries can extend the library, while configured transcoding can adapt streams for constrained connections.
Airsonic Advanced is not a music store, subscription catalogue, rights-clearance service, or promise that every client and format works identically. Large collections benefit from consistent metadata and artwork. Users should keep original media outside the application’s derived indexes and caches so a scan or upgrade problem does not become the only copy of the library.
Self-hosting Airsonic Advanced: requirements and cost
Airsonic Advanced resource use is driven by library size, initial and incremental scans, metadata, artwork, active users, simultaneous streams, transcoding, podcast downloads, playlists, caches, and network throughput. PostgreSQL and MariaDB are Not required in the catalogue template; the application uses its own data store. Direct playback is lighter than converting several high-bitrate formats at once. Airsonic Advanced is marked storage-driven in the plan mapping, so 50 GB on Plan 3 is a realistic starting point and 100 GB on Plan 4 provides more room for a large working set.
On AvaHost, Airsonic Advanced uses Plan 1 at €2. The hosted Airsonic Advanced package includes one-click deployment, a custom domain with automated HTTPS, automatic application updates, and scheduled backups. The package does not include music, podcasts, Subsonic clients, scrobbling accounts, external devices, or media licences. Check for the upstream admin / admin first-login default and replace it immediately if present. Major-version compatibility, client behaviour, codecs, and transcoding outcomes need testing with representative files before broad use.
F.A.Q
Airsonic Advanced starts at €2 on Plan 1. The mapped minimum fits a light library and direct playback, but media storage usually drives the practical choice. Library size, scans, artwork, podcasts, simultaneous users, transcoding, and bandwidth matter. The page therefore also recommends 50 GB on Plan 3 or 100 GB on Plan 4 for larger collections.
The catalogue does not provide generated Airsonic credentials. Upstream Airsonic installations commonly begin with `admin` / `admin`, so test that first-login pair and replace the password immediately if it works. Do not add personal media or expose the service broadly until the administrator account and any additional user permissions have been reviewed.
A custom domain can point to Airsonic Advanced, with automated HTTPS protecting the web player and compatible client connections. Update each Subsonic application to the final address and test authentication, browsing, direct playback, seeking, artwork, and transcoding. The certificate does not provide media rights, client subscriptions, or codec support.
AvaHost applies Airsonic Advanced application updates automatically and includes scheduled backups for persistent data. Upstream documents potentially incompatible major-version changes, so test administrator login, users, scans, playlists, podcasts, artwork, representative clients, direct streams, and transcoded streams after a significant update. Keep original media and an independent configuration backup outside derived caches.