Headphones Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Headphones hosting and keep an automated music downloader on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned LinuxServer Headphones 0.6.0 image, writes a generated sign-in into its settings, mounts config, download and music volumes and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. You connect your own downloader and indexer, because none is bundled and Headphones downloads nothing by itself, so add only sources you are authorized to use.

Deploy your Headphones

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What is Headphones?

Headphones is an automated music downloader for NZB and torrent sources, written in Python. You add the artists you follow, and it watches MusicBrainz for new releases, asks your indexers for them, hands them to your downloader, then renames, tags and files the finished albums into your music folder. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted Headphones, a way to build a library of your own instead of renting a catalogue from a streaming service such as Spotify or Apple Music.

On xCloud it is the LinuxServer image carrying Headphones 0.6.0, pinned by digest. That is the last image LinuxServer published and it is no longer updated, so the in-app updater is off. Headphones downloads nothing by itself: you connect your own downloader and indexer, and should add only services and sources you are authorized to use. A generated sign-in protects the interface.

From Sign-Up to a Live Headphones In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Headphones setup normally means the app container, a sign-in you must remember to enable, three folders, a domain and a certificate before the first artist. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Headphones from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and server, set the web interface username and password, and enter your timezone.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the LinuxServer Headphones image pinned by digest, write your sign-in into its settings on the first start, mount headphones_config, headphones_downloads and headphones_music, and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Connect A Downloader And Add Artists
Sign in with the browser prompt, then under Settings add a downloader and an indexer. Make the downloader write to the same download folder, then add the artists you follow.

Everything Headphones Does, On Your Own Server

Headphones 0.6.0 runs here with its artist tracking and file sorting, behind a generated sign-in.

Follow Artists
Add the artists you follow and Headphones watches for new releases on its own schedule.
Connect Your Own Downloader
Hand releases to SABnzbd, NZBGet, Transmission, qBittorrent and similar. No downloader or indexer is bundled.
Rename, Tag And File
Finished albums are renamed, tagged and filed into your music folder.
A Sign-In From The First Start
A generated username and password are written into the settings so the interface is not open to the public.
Three Volumes
Settings and the database live on headphones_config, with separate download and music volumes you can replace with host folders.
Updates Switched Off
The in-app updater and update checks are off, because LinuxServer's last Headphones image is deprecated and no newer build exists.

Everything You Need To Run Your Music Automation 24/7

Managed hosting for Headphones, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Headphones 0.6.0 deployed instantly
Image pinned by digest
Sign-in generated for you
Free SSL certificate
Config, downloads and music on volumes
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Headphones

Automate new releases for artists you follow
Let Headphones look for new albums and send them to your downloader.
Keep a tagged, sorted music folder
Have finished downloads renamed, tagged and moved into a library folder.
Run the pipeline on your own server
Keep artist lists, settings and indexer keys on infrastructure you control.
Skip manual searching
Replace searching indexers by hand with a scheduled search per artist.

Headphones Screenshots

Headphones artist search results in the web interface

Headphones home page after an artist has been added

A Headphones artist page listing the artist's albums

Headphones vs Alternatives

Lidarr: Another music collection manager that follows artists and searches your indexers, available as its own OneClick app.
Spotify: Headphones files the albums you obtain yourself into a music folder you control, an alternative to Spotify and to Apple Music when you want a personal library on your own server.
SABnzbd: A Usenet download manager you connect to Headphones, available as its own OneClick app.
qBittorrent: A BitTorrent client you connect to Headphones, available as its own OneClick app.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Headphones hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Room for a larger library and other media apps.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Headphones is licensed under GPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Music Downloader?

Headphones on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your data. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can I run Headphones in Docker?

Yes, and this template is Headphones Docker hosting without the setup: the LinuxServer Headphones image pinned by digest, with a config volume, separate download and music volumes, a generated sign-in and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Headphones need?

The template minimum is 128 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 5 GB of disk. Library scans and encoding can use more. We begin at the 6 GB tier so scans and tagging never starve.

Does Headphones download music by itself?

No. Connect your own downloader and indexer under Settings, then add artists. No downloader, indexer or music library is bundled with this template, so nothing is fetched until you configure those services. Use only sources you are authorized to use.

How do I sign in to Headphones after installing?

Your browser asks for a username and password: use the web interface login from the credentials. The install wrote it into Headphones' settings, so the interface is not open. Change it later under Settings, Web Interface.

How do I connect a downloader to Headphones?

Under Settings add SABnzbd, NZBGet, Transmission, qBittorrent or a similar downloader and at least one indexer. The downloader must write finished albums to the same download folder Headphones watches, mounted at the same path inside the downloader, or Headphones cannot pick up finished albums.

Is the Headphones API protected by the sign-in?

No. Headphones deliberately leaves its API path outside the sign-in. The API is off by default, and if you enable it under Settings, Web Interface, that path is reachable with only its own API key.

Is Headphones still maintained?

The image is not. LinuxServer deprecated it, the last build carries Headphones 0.6.0 from October 2023 and no newer image exists. The update checks and in-app updater are off, so treat it as a low-trust service behind the sign-in.

Is Headphones free?

Yes. Headphones is open source under the GPL-3.0 licence, so the software has no licence fee. Only the dedicated Cloud VPS that runs it is billed, which makes it a Headphones cloud of your own, with the downloader you connect billed separately by whoever supplies it.

How do I back up Headphones?

Back up the headphones_config volume while Headphones is stopped, since it holds config.ini and the database. The download and music volumes hold your library and are backed up as their size merits. Nothing schedules this, so run it yourself.

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How do I upgrade Headphones?

There is no newer image to move to, so the install stays on its pinned version. If a future template version appears, back up headphones_config first and keep the previous image to roll back with. Nothing upgrades automatically.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.