Radio Browser

Radio Browser is a free, community-driven directory of internet radio stations. The project publishes a public REST API exposing the full catalog of stations along with category aggregates (countries, states, languages, tags, codecs), click counting, voting, and station submission. Mirrors are discovered through a round-robin DNS pool (all.api.radio-browser.info) and the canonical server software (radiobrowser-api-rust) is released under AGPL-3.0, so anyone can self-host an additional mirror.

Radio Browser publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Categories API, Interactions API, Service API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Music, Radio, Streaming, Open Source, and Open Data.

The Radio Browser catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Radio Browser’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, and 20 more developer resources.

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42.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFree

4 APIs 8 Features 6 Use Cases

MusicRadioStreamingOpen SourceOpen DataCommunityPublic APIsAGPL

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Composite quality — 42.4/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Radio Browser Categories API

Aggregated counts of countries, languages, tags, codecs, and states.

Radio Browser Interactions API

Click counting, voting, and station submission.

Radio Browser Service API

Server stats, mirror discovery, and configuration.

Radio Browser Stations API

Browse, search, and list radio stations.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Radio Browser API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Radio Browser Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Radio Browser Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Round-Robin Mirror Pool

Servers discovered via DNS resolution of all.api.radio-browser.info; clients pick a healthy mirror and fall back as needed.

Multiple Response Formats

JSON, XML, CSV, M3U, PLS, XSPF, and TTL output for nearly every read endpoint.

Faceted Browse

List stations by country, country code, state, language, tag, or codec with station counts per facet.

Continuous Stream Health Checks

Stations are automatically pinged to verify their stream is reachable; results power lastcheckok and broken-station endpoints.

Community Curation

Anyone can submit a station via POST /json/add; clicks and votes feed station popularity rankings.

Open Source Server (AGPL-3.0)

The radiobrowser-api-rust server is open source; operators can self-host an additional mirror.

Geo Coordinates

Stations carry optional geo_lat/geo_long for map-based discovery.

Prometheus Metrics

Each mirror exposes /metrics in Prometheus exposition format for operational observability.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Radio Browser Context

24 classes · 3 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Radio Browser API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Radio Browser API Rules

7 rules · 2 errors 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Station

37 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ServiceStats

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Radio Browser Category Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Radio Browser Station Structure

24 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Radio Browser Click Station Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Radio Browser Get Stats Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Radio Browser Vote Station Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Radio Browser Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Radio Browser Agentic Access

29 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 6

What developers build with this provider.

Internet Radio Player Apps

Power desktop, mobile, and web players that let users browse the directory and play streams.

Voice Assistant Skills

Back Alexa/Google/Home Assistant skills that play "play jazz radio from France" requests by searching the directory.

Smart Speaker Integrations

Embedded firmware (e.g. AirMusic, Hama, internet radio hardware) ships Radio Browser as a station source.

Music Discovery Research

Researchers analyze the catalog to study global radio programming, language distribution, and genre tagging.

Streaming Health Dashboards

Use the /json/checks data to build dashboards showing global radio stream uptime.

Editorial Curation

Editors use vote/click data to surface trending stations by country, language, or genre.

Integrations 4

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Home Assistant

Multiple custom components and the built-in Radio Browser integration use the API for station selection.

VLC / Media Players

Media player extensions consume the API to populate radio station catalogs.

Self-Hosted Mirrors

Operators run radiobrowser-api-rust to add to the all.api.radio-browser.info pool.

Public APIs Directory

Listed in public-apis/public-apis under the Music category.

Solutions 2

Packaged solutions this provider offers.

Hosted Community API

The free, hosted, AGPL-licensed Radio Browser mirror network — the default for most apps.

Self-Hosted Mirror

Run radiobrowser-api-rust on your own infrastructure for guaranteed throughput, isolated data, or private catalogs.

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 10

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

SourceCode

SDKs

SDKs

SDKs

SDKs

SDKs

SDKs

SDKs

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Plans

Plans

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

HelmCharts

HelmCharts

PublicAPIsListing

PublicAPIsListing

Source (apis.yml)

aid: radio-browser
name: Radio Browser
description: Radio Browser is a free, community-driven directory of internet radio stations. The project publishes a public
  REST API exposing the full catalog of stations along with category aggregates (countries, states, languages, tags, codecs),
  click counting, voting, and station submission. Mirrors are discovered through a round-robin DNS pool (all.api.radio-browser.info)
  and the canonical server software (radiobrowser-api-rust) is released under AGPL-3.0, so anyone can self-host an additional
  mirror.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/radio-browser.png
tags:
- Music
- Radio
- Streaming
- Open Source
- Open Data
- Community
- Public APIs
- AGPL
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/radio-browser/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-28'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Music
x-type: opensource
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
apis:
- aid: radio-browser:radio-browser-categories-api
  name: Radio Browser Categories API
  description: Aggregated counts of countries, languages, tags, codecs, and states.
  humanURL: https://api.radio-browser.info/
  baseURL: https://de1.api.radio-browser.info
  tags:
  - Categories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/radio-browser-categories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.radio-browser.info/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-station-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-category-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-stats-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/radio-browser-station-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/radio-browser-category-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/radio-browser-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-stations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-search-stations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-countries-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-tags-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-click-station-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-vote-station-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-get-stats-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/radio-browser-rate-limits.yml
- aid: radio-browser:radio-browser-interactions-api
  name: Radio Browser Interactions API
  description: Click counting, voting, and station submission.
  humanURL: https://api.radio-browser.info/
  baseURL: https://de1.api.radio-browser.info
  tags:
  - Interactions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/radio-browser-interactions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.radio-browser.info/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-station-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-category-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-stats-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/radio-browser-station-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/radio-browser-category-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/radio-browser-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-stations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-search-stations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-countries-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-tags-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-click-station-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-vote-station-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-get-stats-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/radio-browser-rate-limits.yml
- aid: radio-browser:radio-browser-service-api
  name: Radio Browser Service API
  description: Server stats, mirror discovery, and configuration.
  humanURL: https://api.radio-browser.info/
  baseURL: https://de1.api.radio-browser.info
  tags:
  - Service
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/radio-browser-service-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.radio-browser.info/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-station-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-category-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-stats-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/radio-browser-station-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/radio-browser-category-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/radio-browser-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-stations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-search-stations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-countries-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-tags-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-click-station-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-vote-station-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-get-stats-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/radio-browser-rate-limits.yml
- aid: radio-browser:radio-browser-stations-api
  name: Radio Browser Stations API
  description: Browse, search, and list radio stations.
  humanURL: https://api.radio-browser.info/
  baseURL: https://de1.api.radio-browser.info
  tags:
  - Stations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/radio-browser-stations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.radio-browser.info/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-station-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-category-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/radio-browser-stats-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/radio-browser-station-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/radio-browser-category-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/radio-browser-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-stations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-search-stations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-countries-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-list-tags-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-click-station-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-vote-station-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/radio-browser-get-stats-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/radio-browser-rate-limits.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/radio-browser-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/radio-browser-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.radio-browser.info/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.radio-browser.info/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.radio-browser.info/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/segler-alex
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/segler-alex/radiobrowser-api-rust
  description: Archived GitHub mirror of the canonical Rust server (now on GitLab).
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://gitlab.com/radiobrowser/radiobrowser-api-rust
  description: Canonical AGPL-3.0 server (Rust). Self-host to run your own mirror.
- type: HelmCharts
  url: https://gitlab.com/radiobrowser/helm-charts
- type: License
  url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
  description: AGPL-3.0 for the server software. Database is community-contributed.
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/radio-browser-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/radio-browser-vocabulary.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/radio-browser-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/radio-browser-rate-limits.yml
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/ivandotv/radio-browser-api
  description: JavaScript/TypeScript wrapper (ivandotv/radio-browser-api).
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/andreztz/pyradios
  description: Python client (andreztz/pyradios).
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/sfuhrm/radiobrowser4j
  description: Java client (sfuhrm/radiobrowser4j).
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/nepodev/radio-browser
  description: Node.js client (nepodev/radio-browser).
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/tomassasovsky/radio-browser-api.dart
  description: Dart client (tomassasovsky/radio-browser-api.dart).
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/adinan-cenci/radio-browser
  description: PHP client (adinan-cenci/radio-browser).
- type: SDKs
  url: https://hexdocs.pm/radio_browser/
  description: Elixir client (RadioBrowser on Hex).
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Round-Robin Mirror Pool
    description: Servers discovered via DNS resolution of all.api.radio-browser.info; clients pick a healthy mirror and fall
      back as needed.
  - name: Multiple Response Formats
    description: JSON, XML, CSV, M3U, PLS, XSPF, and TTL output for nearly every read endpoint.
  - name: Faceted Browse
    description: List stations by country, country code, state, language, tag, or codec with station counts per facet.
  - name: Continuous Stream Health Checks
    description: Stations are automatically pinged to verify their stream is reachable; results power lastcheckok and broken-station
      endpoints.
  - name: Community Curation
    description: Anyone can submit a station via POST /json/add; clicks and votes feed station popularity rankings.
  - name: Open Source Server (AGPL-3.0)
    description: The radiobrowser-api-rust server is open source; operators can self-host an additional mirror.
  - name: Geo Coordinates
    description: Stations carry optional geo_lat/geo_long for map-based discovery.
  - name: Prometheus Metrics
    description: Each mirror exposes /metrics in Prometheus exposition format for operational observability.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Internet Radio Player Apps
    description: Power desktop, mobile, and web players that let users browse the directory and play streams.
  - name: Voice Assistant Skills
    description: Back Alexa/Google/Home Assistant skills that play "play jazz radio from France" requests by searching the
      directory.
  - name: Smart Speaker Integrations
    description: Embedded firmware (e.g. AirMusic, Hama, internet radio hardware) ships Radio Browser as a station source.
  - name: Music Discovery Research
    description: Researchers analyze the catalog to study global radio programming, language distribution, and genre tagging.
  - name: Streaming Health Dashboards
    description: Use the /json/checks data to build dashboards showing global radio stream uptime.
  - name: Editorial Curation
    description: Editors use vote/click data to surface trending stations by country, language, or genre.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Home Assistant
    description: Multiple custom components and the built-in Radio Browser integration use the API for station selection.
  - name: VLC / Media Players
    description: Media player extensions consume the API to populate radio station catalogs.
  - name: Self-Hosted Mirrors
    description: Operators run radiobrowser-api-rust to add to the all.api.radio-browser.info pool.
  - name: Public APIs Directory
    description: Listed in public-apis/public-apis under the Music category.
- type: Solutions
  data:
  - name: Hosted Community API
    description: The free, hosted, AGPL-licensed Radio Browser mirror network — the default for most apps.
  - name: Self-Hosted Mirror
    description: Run radiobrowser-api-rust on your own infrastructure for guaranteed throughput, isolated data, or private
      catalogs.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com