# Install navidrome with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic. Version 0.63.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:navidrome
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install navidrome
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add navidrome
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: navidrome from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#navidrome
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/na/navidrome/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S navidrome
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: navidrome from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/navidrome
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/navidrome.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Navidrome.Navidrome -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Navidrome.Navidrome from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:navidrome
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/navidrome>
- **Version:** 0.63.0
- **Source summary:** Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic
- **Homepage:** <https://www.navidrome.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.navidrome.org/docs>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/archive/refs/tags/v0.63.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-08T16:28:20Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- navidrome (cli)
- navidrome (alias)

## Dependencies

- ffmpeg
- taglib

## Build dependencies

- go
- node
- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.63.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-08
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome
- Upstream latest detected: v0.63.0 (current)
## Project history and usage

Navidrome is a self-hosted music server and streamer with a browser UI and Subsonic/OpenSubsonic-compatible API. Its appeal is a lightweight personal streaming service that lets users keep their own music files while using a broad ecosystem of Subsonic clients.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created on 2016-02-24. Public GitHub releases visible through the API show early 0.x releases by 2020 and frequent releases continuing through v0.62.0 on 2026-06-08. The README describes Navidrome as an open source web-based music collection server and streamer and tells users to use releases rather than the development branch for stable binaries.

### Adoption history

Navidrome became one of the recognizable modern choices in the self-hosted music space because it combined a web UI with compatibility for the long-lived Subsonic client ecosystem. GitHub repository metadata consulted on 2026-07-01 showed more than 22,000 stars and over 1,500 forks. Homebrew analytics listed 1,243 installs over the preceding 365 days, while the input package record also showed distribution through Alpine, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and WinGet.

### How it is used

Users run Navidrome as a service, usually pointing it at a music directory and a separate data directory. The Docker docs show the common pattern: mount `/path/to/music` at `/music`, mount `/path/to/data` at `/data`, expose port 4533, and run the `deluan/navidrome` image. The overview docs emphasize standalone browser playback plus Subsonic-compatible clients, transcoding, multi-user libraries, playlists, scrobbling, and low resource usage.

### Why package nerds care

Navidrome is a useful package because it turns a personal media archive into a network service with a stable client API. For package maintainers, it pulls together Go service packaging, ffmpeg/taglib runtime dependencies, service files, Docker images, and desktop/mobile client interoperability.

### Timeline

- 2016-02-24: GitHub repository created.
- 2020-02-08: v0.7.1 release appears in the GitHub releases history.
- 2020-02-16: v0.8.1 released.
- 2026-06-08: v0.62.0 released.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula listed stable version 0.62.0.

### Related projects

- Subsonic, OpenSubsonic, Airsonic, Madsonic, ffmpeg, taglib, Material UI, React-Admin, and Subsonic-compatible mobile and desktop clients are central to the ecosystem.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/navidrome/navidrome>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/navidrome>
- <https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome>
- <https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/releases>
- <https://www.navidrome.org/docs/installation/docker/>
- <https://www.navidrome.org/docs/overview/>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ./navidrome.toml, /data/navidrome.toml
- Windows: .\navidrome.toml
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** navidrome
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - navidrome: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/na/navidrome/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - navidrome - 0.60.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: navidrome from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic | https://navidrome.org/
- apk - navidrome-openrc - 0.60.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: navidrome-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic (OpenRC init scripts) | https://navidrome.org/
- pacman - navidrome - 0.62.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: navidrome from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A web-based music collection server and streamer | https://www.navidrome.org
- Scoop - main/navidrome: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/navidrome.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Navidrome.Navidrome: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Navidrome.Navidrome from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata.
- [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [taglib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/taglib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [mpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music-server, server.
- [pianod](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pianod/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music-server.
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- [musikcube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/musikcube/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, ffmpeg, media, music, server.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/navidrome.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/navidrome.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
