Noctis vs Yuzic

Comparing two open source alternatives to Spotify and Apple Music and Tidal. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Noctis

MIT

Cross-platform lossless music player with rich library management, synced lyrics, and gapless playback for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

GPL-3.0

A free, open-source cross-platform music player for Navidrome, Jellyfin, Plex and other Subsonic-compatible servers.

	Noctis	Yuzic
License	MIT	GPL-3.0
Self-hostable	No	No
GitHub Stars	270	609
Forks	16	23
Open Issues	15	12
Last Commit	Oct 10, 2026	Oct 1, 2026
First Released	Mar 19, 2026	Dec 18, 2024
Categories	Music Player	Music Player
Tags	#audio #desktop-app #cross-platform #lyrics #lossless	#music #subsonic #navidrome #jellyfin #emby

Noctis

Yuzic609

A self-hosted, cross-platform podcast management system with a modern Rust and Python stack.

Android music app that plays YouTube Music, Gaana and Saavn plus your local files through one ad-free interface.

Self-hosted music server focused on metadata integration and UI, with music videos as first-class citizens and mobile apps for Android and iOS.

Self-hosted podcast server that uses AI to automatically remove ads from episodes before you hit play.

Modern, lightweight self-hosted music server compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic clients — stream your music everywhere.

A self-hosted podcast manager/downloader/archiver tool to download podcast episodes as soon as they become live with an integrated player.