Self-host airstation
1.4.1Self-hosted internet radio station
docker compose up -d- Stars
- 350
- Port
- 7331 (HTTP server for control panel and radio player)
- Requires
- Ffmpeg
cheatsnake/airstation
What is airstation?
Airstation is a self-hosted web application for running your own internet radio station. It provides a control panel (studio) for uploading tracks, managing playback queues, creating playlists, and customizing the player page, plus a minimalistic web player for listeners. The backend stores track metadata and playback history in SQLite, processes audio with FFmpeg into a unified format, and streams via HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) for synchronized playback across all listeners. It runs as a single Docker container with no external database required. Features include track upload/delete/search/sort, queue management with cyclic and shuffle modes, playback history, listener counter, playlists, and player page theming. The project is MIT-licensed and actively developed.
Should you self-host airstation?
airstation scores 46/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #28 of 59 in Music Streaming. It has 350 GitHub stars.
It shipped 4 stable releases in the past year. The latest, 1.4.1, came out on 4 April 2026. New versions land roughly every 8 days.
Setup is easy: most people get it running in one sitting. An official Docker image is available. It is MIT-licensed and written mostly in Go.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is koel (75/100, 17 320 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See airstation vs koel side by side.
Features
- HLS Streaming
- Listener Counter
- Playback control
- Playback History
- Playback queue management
- Player page customization
- Playlists
- SQLite Storage
- Track library management
airstation README
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