A streaming app
for the music you own.
Lagu plays the library on your Plex server the way a streaming service plays its catalog: mixes made new every Monday, radio that keeps going, lyrics in time with the song, and a Wrapped in December.
Free on desktop. $1.99 once on iPhone and Android. No subscription.
The streaming experience, run by you
The parts of a streaming service you would miss are all here. The catalog is your own library, and it plays from a server you run.
| You’re used to | In Lagu |
|---|---|
| A fresh set of mixes every week | Lagu MixesNew in 0.16.1 Up to 43 lists built from your own library, such as Classic Rock Hits, 90s Rock, and Summer Feeling. Fifty songs each, refreshed every Monday. |
| Radio that never runs out | Stations and Autoplay Start a station from any song, artist, or album, or blend two to eight artists into a mix. When a queue ends, Autoplay carries on with music that sounds like it.* |
| Lyrics that follow the song | Synced lyrics On the phone, the tablet, the desktop, and the TV. Tap a line to jump to that moment.* |
| A recap of your year | Lagu WrappedNew in 0.16.1 Your year as a story each December, a playlist of it, and a radio station built from it. |
| Downloads for the flight | Offline downloads Albums, playlists, and Lagu Mixes. A downloaded playlist picks up the edits you make on the server. |
| Picking up on another device | Lagu Remote Your phone takes over what is playing on the computer or the TV, at home or away. |
| An app wherever you listen | Phone, desktop, TV, watch, and car iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Apple Watch, CarPlay, and Android Auto. |
| A monthly bill | $1.99 once, no subscription One purchase per store covers phone, tablet, and TV, and there is nothing to renew. Desktop is free. |
* Sonic stations and lyrics fetched by Plex need Plex Pass on the server. The rest of this list works without it. What Plex Pass adds
Fifty songs from your library,
new every Monday
Lagu Mixes are built from the albums you own, using the styles, moods, and popularity your Plex server already holds. A list appears only when your library can fill it. Play one straight away, download it for the week, or save this week’s fifty as a playlist.
What changes when
the files are yours
It plays the file you chose
Lagu direct-plays FLAC from your server, gapless, with loudness leveling set before the first note. Now Playing shows the format, bit depth, and sample rate of every track.
Albums stay put
An album you added last year is there this year, in the edition you picked. Nothing leaves your library when a license lapses somewhere else.
Your server, your sign-in
Lagu signs in through Plex and plays from the server you control. This website carries no ads and no third-party trackers.
What you need
Lagu plays music from a Plex Media Server. There are two ways in.
You already have a Plex music library
Sign in with your Plex account and it is all there: the library, your playlists, your ratings, and your play history. There is nothing to import or move.
Lagu replaces the app you play it with, whether that is Plexamp or the Plex app. Everything else stays where it is, so you can keep the old one installed while you try it.
Download LaguYou are starting from a subscription
Collect the files
Rip your CDs, or buy downloads from a store that sells them, such as Bandcamp or Qobuz.
Put them on a Plex server
Plex Media Server is free and runs on a spare computer or a NAS. It reads the folder and fills in covers, years, and genres.
Sign in to Lagu
Use your Plex account on any device. The library, playlists, and ratings are the same on all of them.
Listening away from home takes a Plex Pass or a Remote Watch Pass. That is Plex’s rule for every app that plays from your server.
Its own app on every screen
Each app is written for its platform: SwiftUI on Apple devices, Kotlin on Android, and a dedicated desktop app. The price column is the whole price list.
| iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | One App Store purchase covers all three, Family Sharing included. | $1.99 once, free during the beta |
|---|---|---|
| Android phone, tablet, Android TV | One Google Play purchase covers all three, Family Library included. | $1.99 once |
| Windows, macOS, Linux | The home player and the host for Lagu Remote. | Free |
| Apple Watch | Streams and downloads on its own, for a run without the phone. | With the iPhone app |
| CarPlay, Android Auto | Home, Library, Search, and Downloads on the car screen. | With the phone app |
| Fire TV, Fire tablets | On Fire OS, by email invite during the beta. | Beta invite |
The music stays.
You move.
Leave Lagu playing on the computer or the TV and pick up your phone to take over the session: browse the library, reorder the queue, skip, and rate. Any phone reaches any host, on your Wi-Fi at home or through the end-to-end encrypted Lagu Relay when you are away.
How Lagu Remote works
- Lagu Mixes. Lists built from your own library, fifty songs each, refreshed every Monday.
- Lagu Wrapped. Your year in review opens on December 1, with a playlist and a radio station of it.
- Settings, reorganized. A short list that opens one page per topic, on iPhone, iPad, Android, and desktop.
- Smart playlist starters. Seven one-tap starting points, each with its own cover, and a cover maker for the rest.
- A mini player you can resize. On desktop, drag any edge: short it is a bar, taller it shows the artwork.
- Leveling target. Choose how loud leveled music plays: Quiet, Normal, or Loud.
lagu/ˈlä·goo/noun, Malay: song
Give your library
its song.
Release news by email. The list is for the big news only.
Big news only: a major release, the launch, or a change to how you get Lagu. One confirmation email, and not many after it. Fire TV invites have their own signup.
Release news goes up on the forum.