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MousikóFídi is a self-hostable application that enables you to stream your own audio and video collection through a modern web browser. The name is Greek for "musical snake", because the core of it is written with <a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a>.
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<img src="/img/fidi.png" title="The MousikóFídi logo, by Ben F Joyner III" />
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<h2 id="compare" class="center"><a href="#compare">Compare With Similar Software</a></h2>
<p>This is not meant to be a comprehensive list, but rather a high-level look at how some notable MousikóFídi features compare to similar software.</p>
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<th>MousikóFídi</th>
<th><a href="http://ampache.org/">Ampache</a> </th>
<th><a href="http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp">Subsonic</a></th>
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<td>Requires Database <span class="footnote"> MousikóFídi does not require a database to work by default. Optional support for a database is planned.</span></td>
<td class="green">No</td>
<td class="red">Yes</td>
<td class="red">Yes</td>
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<td>Vanilla Javascript <span class="footnote"> MousikóFídi only uses vanilla Javascript; No jQuery, no Node.js, no 3rd party Javascript at all.</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
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<td>Simple Config <span class="footnote"> MousikóFídi reads all configuration from a simple YAML file that is created on the first run. Adding media sources is as simple as <a href="/user_guide/#adding-your-collection">adding a line in that file</a>.</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
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<td>Mobile-Friendly UI <span class="footnote"> MousikóFídi's user interface is mobile-friendly out of the box; it's designed to render in a usable way on smaller viewports. Other softwares require an "app" for a usable experience on mobile devices. MousikóFídi also has <a href="/user_guide/#mousik--f--di-as-a-pwa">PWA support</a>!</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
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<td>Freemium <span class="footnote"> MousikóFídi is and always will be Free Software. No feature will ever be gated behind a paywall.</span></td>
<td class="green">No</td>
<td class="green">No</td>
<td class="red">Yes</td>
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<td>Quick Set up <span class="footnote"> MousikóFídi is designed to be set up quickly, without a lot of special configuration and effort. Please see the <a href="/setup/#quickstart">Quickstart Guide</a> for more details.</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td>Authentication <span class="footnote"> MousikóFídi does not yet support authentication, but this is planned. For now it is recommended to use HTTP basic auth or another means.</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td>Easter Eggs <span class="footnote"> MousikóFídi comes with a few <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)">easter eggs</a>... what are they?!</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td>???</td>
<td>???</td>
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<td>Demo</td>
<td><a class="green underline" href="https://demo.mousikofidi.info/">Yes</a></td>
<td><a class="green" href="https://demo.ampache.dev/">Yes</a></td>
<td><a class="green" href="http://demo.subsonic.org/index.view">Yes</a></td>
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<h3 id="notes"><a href="#notes">Notes</a></h3>
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