Koel
Koel is a personal music streaming server with a modern web UI. Built with Laravel and Vue.js, it lets you stream your own music collection from any browser. Supports SQLite, on-the-fly media scanning, and smart playlists.
Services
Koel
A personal music streaming server with a clean, modern web interface. Upload your music library and stream it from any browser.
What You Can Do After Deployment
- Visit your domain — log in with the default admin credentials:
[email protected]/KoelIsCool(change the password immediately) - Upload music — place audio files in the
/musicvolume; Koel scans and indexes them automatically - Play in browser — the built-in web player supports album art, playlists, and artist/album/genre browsing
- Create playlists — organize your music with smart playlists and favorites
Key Features
- Modern, responsive web UI built with Vue.js
- On-the-fly media scanning with metadata extraction
- Smart playlists, favorites, and recently played
- Multi-user support with individual libraries
- Supports MP3, FLAC, AAC, OGG, and other common audio formats
- Built-in equalizer and visualizer
- Last.fm scrobbling support
Volumes
/music— your music library; place audio files here for Koel to scan/var/www/html/storage/search-indexes— search index data
Configuration
MEDIA_PATH— path to the music directory (set to/musicby this template)DB_CONNECTION— database driver (set tosqliteby this template)MEMORY_LIMIT— PHP memory limit (default:512M)