A native desktop companion app for Music Assistant
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About Music Assistant
Music Assistant is a free, opensource Media library manager that connects to your streaming services and a wide range of connected speakers. The server is the beating heart, the core of Music Assistant and must run on an always-on device like a Raspberry Pi, a NAS or an Intel NUC or alike. The desktop app discovers running Music Assistant servers running on your network and allows you to connect to one, basically wrapping the frontend into this app and provides a couple of native features, such as a sendspin player and discord rich presence. It will sit in your system tray, ready to control playback or show the interface.
Documentation and support
Documentation https://music-assistant.io
Beta Documentation https://beta.music-assistant.io
For issues, please go to the issue tracker.
For feature requests, please see feature requests.
| Platform | Architecture | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | x64 | .msi installer | .exe installer |
| macOS | Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) | .dmg |
| macOS | Intel | .dmg |
| Linux | x64 | .deb | .AppImage | .rpm |
| Linux | ARM64 | .deb | .AppImage | .rpm |
All downloads available on the Releases page
- Native Audio Playback - High-quality audio output via Sendspin protocol with device selection
- System Tray Integration - Control playback and see what's playing from the system tray
- OS Media Controls - Integrates with macOS Control Center, Windows Media Controls, and Linux MPRIS
- Discord Rich Presence - Show what you're listening to on Discord
- Server Discovery - Automatic discovery of Music Assistant servers via mDNS
The companion app wraps the Music Assistant frontend (hosted on your MA server) in a native webview, while providing some additional native features:
- Native Sendspin client for bit-perfect audio playback
- System-level media controls and Now Playing integration
- Background operation with tray icon
- Auto-start on system boot
Download and run the .msi or .exe installer from the downloads table above.
Download the .dmg file for your architecture (Apple Silicon for M1/M2/M3 Macs, Intel for older Macs).
Debian/Ubuntu: Download and install the .deb package:
sudo dpkg -i Music.Assistant_*_amd64.debFedora/RHEL: Download and install the .rpm package:
sudo rpm -i Music.Assistant-*-1.x86_64.rpmOther distributions: Download the .AppImage, make it executable, and run:
chmod +x Music.Assistant_*.AppImage
./Music.Assistant_*.AppImageCheck the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
