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102 lines
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# Minstrel
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A self-hosted music server that thinks for you. Smart shuffle, contextual likes, ListenBrainz-aware radio, and Lidarr automation — server-side, so every client (web, mobile, Subsonic third-party) gets the same intelligence.
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> State and intelligence belong on the server, not the client.
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<!-- TODO: screenshot of the home page -->
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## Highlights
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- **OpenSubsonic-compatible.** Existing Subsonic clients (DSub, Symfonium, play:Sub, etc.) connect with no special configuration.
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- **Server-side smart shuffle.** Track-similarity vectors, dual-like model (general + contextual), and session memory keep mixes coherent across devices.
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- **ListenBrainz radio.** Session-aware "more like this" pulls from ListenBrainz similarity data, not a static genre tag.
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- **Lidarr integration.** Triggered scans, request-driven album imports, and a quarantine flow when something doesn't fit.
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- **Built-in web SPA.** Full-feature library, search, queue, playlists, and admin — no separate frontend container to deploy.
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- **Flutter mobile client in flight.** Tracking issue [#356](https://git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/issues/356).
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## Quickstart
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```yaml
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# compose.yaml
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services:
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minstrel:
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image: git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel:latest
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ports: ['4533:4533']
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volumes:
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- ./music:/music:ro
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- minstrel-data:/data
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environment:
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MINSTREL_DATABASE_URL: postgres://minstrel:minstrel@db:5432/minstrel?sslmode=disable
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MINSTREL_LIBRARY_SCAN_PATHS: /music
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depends_on: [db]
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db:
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image: postgres:17
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environment:
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POSTGRES_USER: minstrel
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD: minstrel
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POSTGRES_DB: minstrel
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volumes: [pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data]
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volumes:
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minstrel-data:
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pgdata:
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```
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```bash
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docker compose up -d
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```
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Watch `docker compose logs minstrel` on first start — a one-time admin password is printed to stderr. Sign in at `http://localhost:4533` with username `admin` and that password, then change it under Settings.
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For the full configuration surface, see [`config.example.yaml`](./config.example.yaml).
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## Configuration
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Most operators only need the env vars in the quickstart above. A few extras worth knowing:
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- `MINSTREL_BRANDING_APP_NAME` — rename the instance ("Family Jukebox", "Office Music"). Surfaces in the header, browser tab, and OG share previews.
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- `MINSTREL_STORAGE_DATA_DIR` — defaults to `./data`. Holds playlist cover collages and other generated artefacts.
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- `MINSTREL_LIBRARY_SCAN_PATHS` — colon-separated list of music library roots to scan. Supports multiple roots (`/music:/podcasts`).
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- `MINSTREL_AUTH_ADMIN_USERNAME` / `MINSTREL_AUTH_ADMIN_PASSWORD` — bootstrap admin credentials. Username defaults to `admin`; leave the password unset to have the server generate one and print it to stderr on first start.
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ListenBrainz integration (per-user scrobble + similarity tokens) and Lidarr integration (URL + API key) are configured through the admin Settings UI rather than env vars or yaml — per Minstrel's "config in UI" rule, integration settings live where operators can edit them without restarting.
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Most operational keys have a `MINSTREL_<SECTION>_<FIELD>` env override. Recommendation and events tuning are yaml-only. See [`config.example.yaml`](./config.example.yaml) for the authoritative surface.
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## Updating
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- `:main` — rolling, follows the dev branch's tested tip. Recommended only for the operator who's running an upstream-watching deployment.
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- `:v1.0.x` — pinned releases. Recommended default. Database migrations run automatically at startup; rollbacks require restoring a Postgres dump.
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## Specs
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Authoritative scope lives under [`docs/`](./docs):
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- [Server spec](./docs/smart-music-server-spec.md) — current implementation focus.
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- [Client spec](./docs/smart-music-client-spec.md) — Flutter companion app.
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## Development
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Two concurrent dev processes:
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1. **Backend:** `docker compose up` — Postgres + Minstrel on `:4533`.
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2. **Frontend:** `cd web && npm install && npm run dev` — Vite dev server on `:5173` with HMR. The Vite server proxies `/api/*` and `/rest/*` to `:4533` so session cookies work.
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### Production build
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`docker build -t minstrel .` runs the SvelteKit build inside a `node` stage, copies the output into the `golang` stage, and `//go:embed`s it into the final binary. The container serves the SPA from `/` alongside the API surfaces; no separate static-file server is required.
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### Branches
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- Day-to-day work happens on `dev` (or feature branches merged into `dev`).
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- `main` is **protected** — changes land via PR from `dev`.
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- Releases are cut by tagging `v*` off `main`; the release workflow builds and pushes the container image to the Forgejo registry.
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Task and milestone tracking: Fable (`Minstrel` project, id 12).
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## License
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See [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
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