Lightweight Music Server Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Lightweight Music Server hosting and stream your own music collection from your own domain, with no subscription. xCloud runs the pinned Lightweight Music Server (LMS) 3.81.0 image, puts a generated-password gateway in front of the web interface so nobody else can claim the first-run setup page, keeps the database and your library on persistent volumes, and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes.

Deploy your Lightweight Music Server

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No technical skills needed
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What is Lightweight Music Server?

Lightweight Music Server (LMS) is a self-hosted music streaming server. It indexes a music collection and serves a web player with multi-user accounts, playlists, podcasts, ListenBrainz and Last.fm scrobbling, audio transcoding and an OpenSubsonic API for mobile and desktop clients. It is a single C++ binary with a built-in SQLite database.

This template deploys LMS 3.81.0 under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence. Not to be confused with a learning management system: here LMS stands for Lightweight Music Server.

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

Running your own music server normally means a container, a reverse proxy, a certificate, somewhere to keep the database and the library, and a way to stop strangers claiming the setup page. 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 your domain and target server; the gateway username defaults to admin and a strong password is generated for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official LMS image, pinned by immutable digest, behind a Caddy Basic Auth gateway, mount the lms_data volume for the database and caches and the lms_music volume at /music, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. The gateway password is shown in the protected installation credentials.
Step 03
Create Your Admin And Add Music
Open your HTTPS URL, pass the gateway prompt, then choose the LMS administrator account on the setup page. Copy your music into the container's /music folder, add /music under Media libraries and run a scan.

Everything Lightweight Music Server Does, On Your Own Server

LMS runs in full here: a web player and an OpenSubsonic API on your own domain, with your library on a volume you own.

A Web Player For Your Library
Browse and stream your collection from the browser, with playlists, lyrics and ReplayGain, across one or more libraries.
OpenSubsonic API
Mobile and desktop OpenSubsonic clients connect to the same URL at /rest, using an API key generated in LMS under Settings, Subsonic API.
Multi-User Accounts
Create accounts for other listeners under Users in the admin menu. Users and playlists are managed inside LMS.
Podcasts And Scrobbling
Follow podcasts, and scrobble to ListenBrainz or Last.fm if a listener chooses to configure them.
Tag-Based Browsing And Transcoding
Browse by the tags in your files, get recommendations, and let LMS transcode audio for the client in use.
Gateway In Front Of Setup
A Basic Auth gateway protects the web interface, so the first-run setup page cannot be claimed by whoever finds the URL.

Everything You Need To Run Your Music Server 24/7

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

LMS 3.81.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Gateway password generated for you
Database and music on persistent volumes
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Lightweight Music Server

Stream your own collection anywhere
Keep the music you own on a server you control and play it from a browser or a phone, without a streaming subscription.
Share a library with household or friends
Give each listener their own account and playlists on one shared library, managed from the admin menu.
Use your favourite mobile client
Point an OpenSubsonic client at your domain with an API key and play the same library on the go.
Follow podcasts next to your music
Keep podcast subscriptions in the same player as your albums instead of a separate app.

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 plays the files you own from a server you control.
Navidrome: Another self-hosted Subsonic-compatible music server. LMS is a C++ server with tag-based browsing and recommendations.
Gonic: A self-hosted Subsonic-compatible server written in Go. LMS adds a full web player with multi-user accounts and podcasts.
Jellyfin: A self-hosted media system for video as well as music. LMS focuses only on music streaming.

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

More headroom for a large library or other media tools on the same server.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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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 itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0-or-later.

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Ready To Run Your Own Music Server?

Lightweight Music Server on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. 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.

How do I sign in?

Your browser first asks for the gateway username and password from the installation credentials. After that, LMS shows its own setup page where you choose the administrator account. The two logins are separate; the gateway stays in front of the web interface.

Why is there a gateway password?

LMS has no preset credentials and shows a first-run setup page to whoever reaches it first. The Basic Auth gateway, with a password xCloud generates, stops strangers claiming that page. Rotate it in the environment editor and redeploy.

How do I add music?

LMS has no browser upload. Copy your files into the /music folder of the LMS container as a sudo user on the server, for example with docker cp, then add /music under Media libraries in the admin menu and start a scan.

Do mobile and desktop apps work?

Yes, OpenSubsonic clients connect to the same URL at /rest. In this build they need an API key generated in LMS under Settings, Subsonic API; Subsonic username/password and token auth are rejected.

Is the API behind the gateway?

No. The /rest/ OpenSubsonic API bypasses the gateway so clients keep working, and is protected by LMS's own authentication.

Can several people use it?

Yes. The administrator creates accounts for other listeners under Users in the admin menu. Those accounts live inside LMS, not in the xCloud environment file.

What should I back up?

The lms_data volume (database, users, playlists, play history, covers cache) and the lms_music volume (your music files). Users and playlists live only in lms_data. Stop the container before copying lms_data.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Both persistent named volumes. In QA the library, tracks and streaming were still intact after an xCloud Restart.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Lightweight Music Server?

No. The template pins LMS 3.81.0 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release and existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 21 MiB. Scanning a large library adds temporary CPU and memory load, and the disk must fit your collection. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is this the learning management LMS?

No. Here LMS means Lightweight Music Server, a music streaming server. Our learning management hosting is a separate page.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Lightweight Music Server?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the LMS project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source project.

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.