# Deploy Airsonic Advanced with Easypanel

URL: /templates/airsonic-advanced

Airsonic Advanced is a more modern implementation of the Airsonic fork with several key performance and feature enhancements. It's a free, web-based media streamer providing ubiquitous access to your music. Use it to share your music with friends, or to listen to your own music while at work. You can stream to multiple players simultaneously, for instance to one player in your kitchen and another in your living room. It supports very large music collections and works with any audio or video format that can stream over HTTP.

## Benefits

### Modern Web Interface

Enjoy a modern, responsive web interface with HTML5 compliance and improved user experience compared to vanilla Airsonic.

### Enhanced Performance

Experience significantly improved performance with faster media scanning, better UI rendering, and optimized streaming engine.

### Multi-Format Support

Stream any audio or video format that works over HTTP, including MP3, AAC, OGG, WMA, FLAC, APE, Musepack, WavPack and more.

### Large Collection Support

Designed to handle very large music collections (hundreds of gigabytes) with efficient indexing and browsing capabilities.

## Features

### Advanced Media Streaming

Stream music to multiple players simultaneously with support for transcoding and bitrate limiting for constrained bandwidth.

### Improved Security

Features a completely revamped credential system with modern password hashing algorithms like bcrypt and Argon for secure storage.

### Podcast Support

Integrated podcast receiver with features similar to iTunes, including OPML export capabilities and podcast management.

### WebSocket Communication

Uses WebSockets for real-time communication between server and web clients, providing instant updates and status indicators.

### Sonos & Chromecast Support

Built-in support for Sonos speakers and Chromecast devices for seamless music streaming throughout your home.

### Advanced Database Features

Supports multiple external databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB) with automatic backup and data export/import capabilities.

## Configuration

- `appServiceName` (App Service Name, required): airsonic-advanced

- `appServiceImage` (App Service Image, required): airsonicadvanced/airsonic-advanced:gitcommit-68d11bfbfe051b0acaca2770c3c1f47f8d59201c — Airsonic Advanced Docker image

- `upnpPort` (UPnP Port, required): 4041 — UPnP port for the application

## Services

- airsonic-advanced: app (airsonicadvanced/airsonic-advanced:gitcommit-68d11bfbfe051b0acaca2770c3c1f47f8d59201c)

## Resources

- [GitHub](https://github.com/airsonic-advanced/airsonic-advanced)

- [Documentation](https://github.com/airsonic-advanced/airsonic-advanced#readme)

- [Demo](https://airsonic.github.io/)

- [Template source](https://github.com/easypanel-io/templates/tree/main/templates/airsonic-advanced)