Introduction to Muebie
Welcome to Muebie!
Muebie is a blazing-fast, lightweight, open-source music streaming client and server application designed for people who love high-quality audio and value complete control over their library.
Unlike mainstream commercial streaming products, Muebie focuses on an offline-first, privacy-respecting workflow with zero third-party tracking, zero mandatory account registration, and zero subscription fees.
Core Pillars
Section titled “Core Pillars”1. High Fidelity Engine
Section titled “1. High Fidelity Engine”Muebie is built from the ground up on native audio decoding libraries, enabling gapless and hardware-accelerated playback of massive high-resolution audio formats such as:
- FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
- WAV & AIFF
- High bitrate MP3, AAC, and OGG
2. Privacy By Design
Section titled “2. Privacy By Design”No analytical tracking, no marketing tracking, and no phone-home mechanisms. Your music taste is entirely private to you.
3. Local + Remote Seamless Integration
Section titled “3. Local + Remote Seamless Integration”Manage locally stored files on your hard disk alongside network audio streams (such as Subsonic, WebDAV, or compatible stream indices) inside a unified interface.
4. Zero-Cloud Device Syncing
Section titled “4. Zero-Cloud Device Syncing”Sync your music, playlist files, playback history, and listening habits directly across your local network using direct device-to-device Wi-Fi syncing.
System Architecture
Section titled “System Architecture”Muebie operates on a dual-component model:
- The Desktop/Mobile Client: A lightweight, GPU-accelerated graphical interface that handles local storage indexing, audio reproduction, and playlist management.
- The Host Server (Optional): A self-hostable service that acts as a centralized library vault, streaming audio files remotely to client instances when you are outside your home network.
To get started with setting up Muebie on your specific computer or mobile device, proceed to the Installation Guide.