theres quite a lot of things around these days that make it easier to get a similar experience to online services like spotify. (as long as music discovery isnt

theres quite a lot of things around these days that make it easier to get a similar experience to online services like spotify. (as long as music discovery isnt your main priority) i use syncthing to sync my library between all my devices. resilio sync with its "selective sync" feature is another option if you have a huge library on one device but only want to sync certain things to a device like a phone that has less storage space. i have a synology network drive that has a music server built in. its also fairly easy these days to get a VPS server up and running and install something like navidrome/funkwhale/airsonic. they all have docker containers as well which can make the whole process a bit quicker. things like tailscale/zerotier let you access the music library on your server from anywhere with an internet connection. beets/musicbrainz make it easier to manage metadata and album art.