iOS 26 · Navidrome · Subsonic · OpenSubsonic · Lidarr
Your library, played
like Apple Music.
Minidisc is an opinionated iPhone player for the music on your own server. Lossless, native, and private, with no accounts, no subscriptions, and no one watching what you listen to.
Free & open source · Requires iOS 26.1
The whole experience
Built to feel like the best
app on your phone
Minidisc adds a feature only when it feels as good as Apple Music. Fewer settings, better defaults, and a surface polished to the pixel.
Feels like home
Familiar from the very first tap
Native iOS 26 design with Liquid Glass throughout. Top Picks, Recently Played, and a shelf for every genre greet you on Home, with the tab bar, mini-player, and gestures you already know by heart.
- Liquid Glass UI
- Home shelves
- Mini-player
- Tab bar you know
Now playing
A player worth staring at
A full-screen player with a huge cover, lyrics, shuffle, repeat, and the full queue. Under the hood, a two-deck engine delivers gapless playback, real crossfades, and ReplayGain, with lock screen, Control Center, and AirPlay all wired up.
- Gapless & crossfade
- Lyrics
- Background playback
- AirPlay
Your library
Everything you own, one tap away
Browse playlists, artists, albums, downloads, and favorites, and search across your whole library in an instant. Smart Shuffle rediscovers the music you forgot you had, and offline mode keeps it playing when the signal doesn't.
- Search everything
- Offline downloads
- Sync favorites
- Smart Shuffle
Lidarr, built in
Grow your collection without leaving the app
Add artists, monitor and search for missing albums, and pick the exact release you want with interactive search. Then follow the download queue and handle manual imports, all from your phone.
- Add artists
- Interactive search
- Download queue
- Manual import
Beyond a player
The extras that make it yours
Optional integrations that plug into the tools you already run, each one off until you want it.
Lidarr
Manage your music collection from your phone, add artists, hunt down missing albums, and follow the download queue with interactive release picks.
ListenBrainz
Scrobble every play to your ListenBrainz account and get fresh recommendations tuned to your taste.
AudioMuse-AI
Weekly mood playlists built from the actual sound of your music, energy, tempo, and texture, not just tags.
Lossless, your way
Lossless by default, with a lighter format per network. Pick the quality you want on Wi-Fi and on cellular.
And all the small things
The details you'd expect
Background playback
Keeps playing when you leave the app or lock the phone.
Lock screen controls
Full artwork and controls on the lock screen and Control Center.
AirPlay
Send your music to any AirPlay speaker or Apple TV.
Offline mode
Download albums, playlists, or single tracks for the road.
Lyrics
Follow along with lyrics right inside the player.
Shuffle, repeat & queue
The full queue and playback controls you expect.
Picks up where you left off
Your session and position are restored every time you return.
Favorites that sync
Star tracks on your phone and see them on your server.
A shelf for every genre
Home organises your library into one shelf per genre.
Private by design
Your music stays between
you and your server
Privacy isn't a setting in Minidisc. It's the architecture. Nothing to opt out of, because there was never anything collecting you.
Straight to your server
Every request goes directly from your device to your server. Nothing routes through us, because there is no us to route through.
No accounts, no tracking
No sign-up, no analytics, no advertising identifiers. Minidisc has no idea what you listen to, and it never will.
Credentials in the Keychain
Your username and password live only in the iOS Keychain, encrypted and sandboxed to the app.
Reverse-proxy ready
Send custom HTTP headers for servers behind Cloudflare Access, Authelia, or any reverse proxy you trust.
Open & honest
A narrow app, built in the open
Minidisc is an opinionated fork of Cassette. Where Cassette does everything on Mac and iPhone, Minidisc does one thing: the simplest, smoothest iPhone player for your own library.
iPhone only, on purpose
Every screen is designed for the phone in your hand, not stretched to fit a Mac.
Opinionated by design
Few settings and strong defaults. Minidisc makes the small decisions so you don't have to.
Open source, MPL-2.0
Written in Swift 6 and SwiftUI, forked from Cassette. Read it, build it, make it yours.
Good to know
Frequently asked
Any server that speaks the Subsonic or OpenSubsonic API, including Navidrome, which is the recommended server and the one Minidisc is tested against most.
Yes. Minidisc is free and open source under the MPL-2.0 license. There are no accounts, no subscriptions, and no in-app purchases.
Download the .ipa from GitHub Releases and sideload it with AltStore, Sideloadly, or a similar tool, it signs the app with your Apple ID. You can also build it yourself from source in Xcode 26.
Minidisc is iPhone only, by design. Every screen is made for the phone. If you want a Mac and iPad client with the largest set of features, use Cassette, which Minidisc is forked from.
No. All traffic goes directly to your server, credentials are stored only in the iOS Keychain, and there is no analytics or tracking of any kind. See the Privacy Policy for the full details.
An iPhone on iOS 26.1 or later, and a Subsonic, OpenSubsonic, or Navidrome server to connect to.
Bring your library
back to life
Free, open source, and built for the music you already own. Minidisc is on its way to the App Store, grab it today by sideloading the latest release.
Requires iOS 26.1 · A Subsonic / Navidrome server
Point it at your server
Bring a Subsonic, OpenSubsonic, or Navidrome server. On first launch, enter its address, your username, and password.
Sideload the app
Grab the .ipa from GitHub Releases and install it with AltStore, Sideloadly, or a similar tool.
Or build from source
Clone the repo and open it in Xcode 26. Swift Package Manager pulls the one dependency for you.