I'm happy to announce the release of Polaris 0.15.0 . Polaris is a self-hosted music streaming server, to enjoy your music collection from any computer or mobile device. It is free and open-source software, without any kind of premium version.<p>This release is the biggest one since Polaris' humble beginnings 9 years ago. It's technically not a rewrite but there is not much code that was left untouched. The highlights are:<p>- New visual design for the web client (screenshots[1])
- Ability to browse the music collection by artist/album/genre, not only by file
- Support for multi-value fields in song metadata (eg. multiple artists on the same song)
- Revamped search functionality, now supporting per-field queries and boolean operators
- Android client now supports search and playlists (and all the new features from this release)<p>See the changelog[2] for a complete list of improvements.<p>This release is a result of many months of work. I hope all the love and effort I put into it are visible in the end result .<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/agersant/polaris/discussions/227">https://github.com/agersant/polaris/discussions/227</a>
[2]: <a href="https://github.com/agersant/polaris/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md">https://github.com/agersant/polaris/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md</a>
Slightly off-topic I suppose but is there any open-source music server that supports streaming to AirPlay devices? The only truly functional solution I've seen so far is Roon which is $15 per month or $830 one-off purchase, both of which are out of my budget.
I am a current Roon user and have been for a few years. I will try this out and compare. Nice work! Always happy to see more competition in this space.