Name: subsonic

Website: https://subsonic.org

Last reviewed by: Clipper, April 2026

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Subsonic

Subsonic has been superseded by Jellyfin, which is free, open-source, and actively maintained with a much larger feature set. Subsonic remains installable for users who prefer it.

Subsonic is a music streaming server that lets you access your music library from any browser or compatible app.

Setup

Subsonic indexes files in ~/media/Music/. Place your music files there for them to appear in your library.

By default, Filebot does not process music files. To enable music processing, add --def music=y to the Filebot command line options in your torrent client wrapper.

Version management

Version 6. Updates require a reinstall.

The Java version used by Subsonic can be configured in ~/apps/subsonic/subsonic.sh. If Subsonic fails to start after a server Java upgrade, open that file and ensure JAVA points to a Java 8 installation:

JAVA=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java

Save the file with Ctrl+O, exit with Ctrl+X, then restart Subsonic via ~/.startup/subsonic or from your dashboard.