Build a single or multi-room streamer for an existing audio device using a Raspberry Pi! Supports Bluetooth, Airplay and Spotify Connect

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Audio source plugins

Stream audio from your favourite music services: Bluetooth, Airplay, Spotify Connect, UPnP and more!

Multi-room synchronous playing

Play perfectly synchronized audio on multiple devices all over your place.

Extended DAC support

Upgrade your audio quality with one of our supported DACs

balena-sound

Starter project enabling you to add multi-room audio streaming via Bluetooth, Airplay, Spotify Connect and others to any old speakers or Hi-Fi using just a Raspberry Pi.

There are many commercial solutions out there that provide functionality similar to balenaSound. Most of them though come with a premium price tag and are riddled with privacy concerns.

balenaSound is an open source project that allows you to build your own DIY audio streaming platform without compromises. Why spend big money on hardware that might be deemed obsolete by the vendor as they see fit? With balenaSound you are in control, bring your old speakers back to life!

This project is in active development so if you have any feature requests or issues please submit them here on GitHub. PRs are welcome, too.

Setup and configuration

Running this project is as simple as deploying it to a balenaCloud application. You can do it in just one click by using the button below:

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Documentation

Head over to our docs for detailed installation and usage instructions, customization options and more!

Getting Help

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub and we will be happy to help.

Contributing

Do you want to help make balenaSound better? Take a look at our Contributing Guide. Hope to see you around!

License

balenaSound is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the license.

Frequently asked questions

balenaSound does not not depend on any type of cloud service to deliver a great experience. Other than that, your device will be running balenaOS which does communicate with balenaCloud to get application updates. This can be disabled however and won't affect your experience. Both balenaSound and balenaOS are open source projects, so feel free to check the source code if you want to know more about how they work!