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Music Grabber

A self-hosted music acquisition service.

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A self-hosted music acquisition service. Search YouTube, SoundCloud, zvu4no, FreeMp3Cloud, JioSaavn, Monochrome, and optional Soulseek, tap a result and it downloads the best quality audio straight into your music library. You'll have a choice to convert to a common format, or store as is. Lidarr's great for albums, but grabbing a single track you heard on the radio shouldn't require navigating menus or pulling an artist's entire discography. This is for the "I want one song, not a commitment" use case.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

66/100 Good

Maintained
100last commit 1 day ago
Popular
3557 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 10 days ago

GitHub stars
57
Open issues
2
Last commit
2026-10-13
License
Unlicense
Activity
steady

Checked today - source: GitHub (dbv111m/musicgrabber)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 17 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Add your Music AI API key Put your Music AI API key (a secret code that proves you can use the service) where the app or request expects it. Without it, jobs won't be accepted. source
  • Use a reachable audio link Give Music AI an inputUrl (the web address to your audio file) that it can reach over https. If the link is private or local, the job fails because Music AI can't download the file. source
  • Save the job ID to get results Keep the job ID (the unique ID Music AI gives each job) that it returns after you create a job. Without it, you can't check the job or get the finished audio links. source

Fetched 16 days ago - each note links to its source

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Checked 14 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

What credential is required before jobs are accepted?

Add your Music AI API key where the app expects it. Without the key, jobs won't be accepted.

What kind of audio link can be used for a job?

Use an input URL that the service can reach over https. If the link is private or local, the job fails because the service can't download the file.

What must be saved after creating a job?

Keep the job ID returned after you create the job. Without it, you can't check the job or get the finished audio links.

Answers sourced from music.ai

Community

Collected 16 days ago - public community threads