Say Hello to Cardinal Music
tl;dr
Cardinal Music is now available. It's a new music app that aims to be the best music app in the self-hosted music space. Install it with Docker today.
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A new, free music app
Cardinal Music is a brand-new music player, launching today as a self-hosted web app that you can use with Cardinal Media Server. Cardinal Music is designed for people who run their own music stack, who are looking for a new, modern platform that sets the stage for the next era of self-hosted music streaming.
Along with all of the core features that you would expect from a music player, Cardinal Music leans into the things that make self-hosting rewarding, and it will bring out the best of your media collection.
Cardinal Music is bundled with Cardinal Media Server, which you can download from Docker Hub. Visit the product page for a more comprehensive overview, but first keep reading for a quick summary of what's being released today.
Available today
A fresh take on core music features
The staples of your music collection, like your artists, releases, and tracks, have been upgraded in Cardinal Music. Rediscover your music with Cardinal's dynamic queues like House Mix and True Shuffle, and see your collection through a new lens with Cardinal's modern UI.
Filter everything with libraries
Slice up your collection in ways that are meaningful to you. Cardinal's implementation of libraries lets you combine one or more folders to instantly filter all of the content in the Music app in every single view — a design paradigm that makes libraries extremely powerful, going beyond what you get just with tags, favourites, and playlists.
New habits form quickly
Let Cardinal Music learn about what you like to listen to, and before you know it, your daily spotlights are going to be your favourite way to start the workday.
A new admin app and backend
Keeping it all secure is Cardinal Media Server, a brand-new self-hosted media server that is about to get its own launch and announcement. Among the local users, role-based access control, indexing, and a jobs system, it's ready to house your media.
Demo site: up and running
Enough talk. Visit cardinalapps.io/demo to preview Cardinal Music and check out the look & feel. When you're ready to run it yourself, start with the Quick Start page on the official Help Site.
Source code on GitHub
Check out the source code for yourself on GitHub and give it to whichever agent you think will tear it apart the best. Your media is in safe hands.
And plenty more around the corner
With the foundation for Cardinal's app ecosystem solidly in place now, what comes next are the really fun features. Remote access, popularity data, sonic analysis, more dynamic queue types, and a mobile app, just to name a few of the items in the backlog.