Lightweight Music Server Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Lightweight Music Server hosting and stream your own music collection from a web player on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned LMS 3.81.0 image with its built-in SQLite database behind a Caddy Basic Auth gateway, keeps your library and data on two persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. You copy your music in yourself, and mobile apps connect with API keys.

Deploy your Lightweight Music Server

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Lightweight Music Server?

LMS, the Lightweight Music Server, is self-hosted music streaming software: you access your music collection from anywhere through a web interface. It supports the Subsonic and OpenSubsonic API, multi-valued tags, a recommendation engine, multiple libraries, playlists, podcasts, transcoding and ListenBrainz and Last.fm scrobbling. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted Lightweight Music Server, an alternative to a streaming subscription such as Spotify or Tidal for music you own, and the code is GPL-3.0 licensed.

On xCloud it is LMS 3.81.0, pinned by digest, behind a Caddy Basic Auth gateway that stops strangers claiming the first-run page. The gateway and the LMS administrator are separate logins. The /rest/ OpenSubsonic API bypasses the gateway and accepts API keys only. There is no browser upload, so you copy music into the container, and there is no jukebox.

From Sign-Up to a Live Lightweight Music Server In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Lightweight Music Server setup normally means the server, a gateway so nobody claims the setup page, two volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first song. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Lightweight Music Server from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and server and set the gateway username; the password is generated for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start epoupon/lms 3.81.0 and a Caddy gateway, both pinned by digest, mount lms_data and lms_music and publish it over HTTPS. The first start creates the database and can take up to a minute.
Step 03
Set Up LMS And Add Music
Pass the gateway, then choose the LMS administrator on its setup page. Copy music into the container's /music folder as an admin on the server, add /music under Media libraries and run a scan.

Everything Lightweight Music Server Does, On Your Own Server

Lightweight Music Server 3.81.0 runs here with its web player and OpenSubsonic API, on volumes you own.

A Web Player For Your Library
Stream your collection from a web interface with playlists, podcasts, recommendations and multi-valued tags.
OpenSubsonic API
Mobile and desktop clients connect to the same URL. This build accepts OpenSubsonic API keys only, generated in Settings.
Scrobbling
ListenBrainz and Last.fm scrobbling are available if a user configures them.
Gateway In Front Of The Web UI
A Caddy Basic Auth gateway protects the web interface and first-run page. The /rest/ API bypasses it and uses LMS accounts.
No Browser Upload
A server admin copies music into the /music folder of the container, then scans it from the admin menu.
Two Volumes
Users, playlists and history sit on lms_data and your music on lms_music. Rescanning rebuilds the index.

Everything You Need To Run Your Music Streaming 24/7

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

Lightweight Music Server 3.81.0 deployed instantly
Images pinned by digest
Gateway password generated for you
Free SSL certificate
Library and data on persistent volumes
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Lightweight Music Server

Stream your own music anywhere
Play the library you own from a browser or an OpenSubsonic mobile app.
Leave a streaming subscription
Keep and play your own files on a server you control.
Share a library with family
Create accounts for other listeners under Users, each with their own playlists.
Follow podcasts beside albums
Keep podcast subscriptions in the same player as your music.

Lightweight Music Server Screenshots

Lightweight Music Server album view after signing in on a self-hosted install

Lightweight Music Server media libraries page with the /music library added

Lightweight Music Server Subsonic API settings page for generating an API key

Lightweight Music Server vs Alternatives

Spotify: A hosted streaming subscription with the vendor's catalogue; LMS is the open-source, self-hosted alternative to Spotify and to Tidal for music files you own.
Navidrome: Another self-hosted Subsonic-compatible music server, available as its own OneClick app.
Gonic: A self-hosted Subsonic-compatible server written in Go, available as its own OneClick app.
Jellyfin: A self-hosted media system for video as well as music, available as its own OneClick app.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Headroom for a larger library and heavier scans.

$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. Lightweight Music Server is licensed under GPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Music Streaming Server?

Lightweight Music Server 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 Lightweight Music Server in Docker?

Yes, and this template is Lightweight Music Server Docker hosting without the setup: the official epoupon/lms 3.81.0 image and a Caddy gateway, both pinned by digest, with two named volumes and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Lightweight Music Server need?

Lightweight Music Server asks for 512 MB of memory, one core and 10 GB of storage; scanning and similarity analysis add temporary load that grows with library size. The 6 GB tier is where this page begins.

How do I sign in to Lightweight Music Server after installing?

Your browser first asks for the gateway username and password from the credentials. LMS then shows its own setup page, where you choose the LMS administrator username and password and sign in with that account.

How do I add music to Lightweight Music Server?

There is no browser upload. A server admin copies files into the /music folder of the container, which is the lms_music volume. Then add /music under Media libraries in the admin menu and start a scan. Correct tags help.

Can I use mobile apps with Lightweight Music Server?

Yes, OpenSubsonic clients connect to your domain's /rest path. This build accepts OpenSubsonic API keys only, so generate a key under Settings, Subsonic API and use it as the password. Username and password or token auth is not accepted.

Why are there two logins on Lightweight Music Server?

The gateway login stops strangers from claiming LMS's first-run setup page, and it stays in front of the web interface. The LMS administrator and listeners are separate accounts managed inside LMS. The /rest/ API bypasses the gateway.

Is Lightweight Music Server free?

Yes. LMS is GPL-3.0 licensed, with no fee for the software itself. Your spend is the dedicated Cloud VPS holding your music, which makes it a Lightweight Music Server cloud of your own, with no per-listener charge for extra accounts.

How do I back up Lightweight Music Server?

Back up lms_data, which holds users, playlists, play history and the covers cache, with the container stopped, and lms_music for your files. The library index can be rebuilt by rescanning. Nothing schedules this, so run it yourself.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Lightweight Music Server?

The 3.81.0 image is pinned by digest, so a newer LMS appears only after you adopt a newer template version. Copy lms_data beforehand and skim the upstream release notes. A redeploy keeps both volumes, so playlists and music survive.

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.