Maloja is **self-hosted**. You will always be able to access your data in an easily-parseable format. Your library is not synced with any public or official music database, so you can **follow your own tagging schema** or even **group associated artists together** in your charts.
Maloja also gets **rid of all the extra stuff**: social networking, radios, recommendations, etc. It only keeps track of your listening history and lets you analyze it.
Maloja's database has one big advantage: It supports **multiple artists per track**. This means artists who are often just "featuring" in the track title get a place in your charts, and **collaborations between several artists finally get credited to all participants**. This allows you to get an actual idea of your artist preferences over time.
Also neat: You can use your **custom artist or track images**.
* If you'd like to display images, you will need API keys for [Last.fm](https://www.last.fm/api/account/create) and [Fanart.tv](https://fanart.tv/get-an-api-key/). These are free of charge!
1) Either install Maloja with the [debian package](https://github.com/krateng/maloja/raw/master/packages/maloja.deb), or download the repository to some arbitrary location. If you pick the manual installation, every command needs to be executed from the Maloja directory and led with `./`. You can also only download the file `maloja` instead of the whole repository and fetch the rest with
If you didn't install Maloja from the package (and therefore don't have it in `/opt/maloja`), every command needs to be executed from the Maloja directory and led with `./`. Otherwise, all commands work in any location and without the prefix.
1) If you would like to import all your previous last.fm scrobbles, use [benfoxall's website](https://benjaminbenben.com/lastfm-to-csv/) ([GitHub page](https://github.com/benfoxall/lastfm-to-csv)). Use the command
If you use Plex Web or Youtube Music on Chromium, you can use the included extension. Make sure to enter the random key Maloja generates on first startup in the extension settings.
If you want to implement your own method of scrobbling, it's very simple: You only need one POST request to `/api/newscrobble` with the keys `artist`, `title` and `key`.
You can use any third-party scrobbler that supports the audioscrobbler (GNUFM) or the ListenBrainz protocol. This is still very experimental, but give it a try with these settings:
GNU FM |
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Gnukebox URL | Your Maloja URL followed by `/api/s/audioscrobbler`
