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streama vs NSMusicS
streama has 9,820 GitHub stars, 978 forks, 352 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. NSMusicS has 2,254 stars, 96 forks, 42 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. streama leads on adoption by 336% (9,820 vs 2,254 stars). streama is written in JavaScript under MIT; NSMusicS is written in Vue under AGPL-3.0. streama has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, NSMusicS 4%. streama was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (media-server), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| streama | NSMusicS | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.8K | ★ 2.3K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | Vue |
| Last push | 2026-08-09 | 2026-07-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 978 | ⑂ 96 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick streama if
- You weight community size — 9.8K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick NSMusicS if
- You want the NSMusicS feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You evaluated both and NSMusicS fits your workflow better
About streama
Streama is a self hosted streaming media server, written in JavaScript and released under the MIT licence, that gives someone with a large personal collection of films and shows a private Netflix style library they run and control themselves.
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About NSMusicS
NSMusicS is a cross platform music client for local libraries, private cloud music, and self hosted streaming ecosystems. It is written in Vue and released under AGPL 3.0. Its paired server, NineSong, provides a cloud native backend for music and is intended to support broader personal digital center scenarios over time, including video, gallery, notes, and documents.
read the full NSMusicS overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is streama or NSMusicS more popular?
streama has 9,820 GitHub stars and NSMusicS has 2,254. streama has the larger community by that measure.
Are streama and NSMusicS free?
Both are open source. streama is licensed under MIT and NSMusicS under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between streama and NSMusicS?
streama is written in JavaScript and NSMusicS in Vue. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, streama or NSMusicS?
Choose streama if you want the larger community (9,820 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose NSMusicS if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.