kaikku GitHub

Your music
on your own server

A music streaming service you run yourself — for you, your family and friends. It looks and works like the streaming apps you know, except everything stays with you.

Source on GitHub

What it is

Like any streaming app

Search, artists, albums, mixes, liked songs, playlists and lyrics. Works in the browser and installs on your phone like an app.

Yours alone

It runs on your own server or home computer. No subscriptions or ads, and sign-up is invite-only.

Where the music comes from

The catalogue (titles, covers, discographies) comes from Deezer’s public catalogue. The audio is found on YouTube and saved to your server the first time a track is played.

What you need

A Linux server or computer that stays on. The repository has step-by-step setup instructions.

How it works

01

Find

A huge catalogue: artists, albums, genres. Likes, playlists, lyrics.

02

Listen

Any track plays right away — in the browser, or on your phone as an app.

03

It stays with you

What you play is saved to your server, and next time it plays from there.

Run it yourself

Source code and setup instructions are on GitHub.

Open the repository

For personal use. There is no hosted service — everyone runs kaikku themselves and is responsible for what they listen to and for whom. Don’t open your instance to the public or charge for it.