Navidrome

Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic.

Port	4533
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/navidrome
Source	https://www.navidrome.org/
Website	https://www.navidrome.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  navidrome:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/navidrome:latest"
    container_name: navidrome
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - ND_SCANNER_SCHEDULE="@every 1h"  # Schedule for automatic scans.
      - ND_LOGLEVEL=info  # Log level. Useful for troubleshooting.
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/navidrome:/config"
      - "/path/to/music:/music"
    ports:
      - "4533:4533"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=navidrome
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
ND_SCANNER_SCHEDULE="@every 1h"
ND_LOGLEVEL=info

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  navidrome:
    name: navidrome
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '4533:4533 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - ND_SCANNER_SCHEDULE: !ENV '${ND_SCANNER_SCHEDULE}'
        - ND_LOGLEVEL: !ENV '${ND_LOGLEVEL}'
    volumes:
      - navidrome: /config
      - music: /music
volumes:
  navidrome:
    device: '/path/to/containers/navidrome'
  music:
    device: 'music'

Makejail:

# Makejail 

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/navidrome:${tag}

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name navidrome \
  -p 4533:4533 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e ND_SCANNER_SCHEDULE="@every 1h" \
  -e ND_LOGLEVEL=info \
  -v /path/to/containers/navidrome:/config \
  -v /path/to/music:/music \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/navidrome:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="4533:4533 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e ND_SCANNER_SCHEDULE="@every 1h" \
  -e ND_LOGLEVEL=info \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/navidrome /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/music /music <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/navidrome:latest navidrome

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy navidrome
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: navidrome
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/navidrome:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      ND_SCANNER_SCHEDULE: ""@every 1h""
      ND_LOGLEVEL: "info"
    ports:
      - "4533:4533"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/navidrome:/config"
      - "/path/to/music:/music"

Access at: http://localhost:4533

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
ND_SCANNER_SCHEDULE	"@every 1h"	Schedule for automatic scans.
ND_LOGLEVEL	info	Log level. Useful for troubleshooting.

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration and data directory
/music	Folder where your music library is stored

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
4533	TCP	Web UI

First run

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15

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