🎵 Sonata

Lavalink-compatible audio server
pure TypeScript · no Java · no yt-dlp

Features • Quick Start • Configuration • API • Sources • Performance

Sonata is a drop-in replacement for Lavalink (Java) written entirely in TypeScript. It provides the same REST + WebSocket protocol that Discord bots expect, but with faster startup, lower memory, and native YouTube/SoundCloud/Spotify resolution — no Java runtime or yt-dlp required.

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✨ Features

🎧 Audio Playback	PCM → Opus encoding, DAVE/E2EE encryption, real-time mixing
🌐 12 Audio Sources	YouTube (InnerTube), Spotify, SoundCloud, Deezer, Apple Music, Bandcamp, Twitch, Vimeo, NicoNico, Mixcloud, Podcasts, HTTP, Local
🎛️ 13 DSP Filters	EQ (15-band), karaoke, timescale, tremolo, vibrato, rotation (8D), distortion, channel mix, low-pass, high-pass, reverb, limiter, volume
📦 Zero Java	Pure Node.js — no JRE, no Maven, no yt-dlp
🔌 Plugin System	npm packages, local paths, auto-scan — all with full type support
🚀 Performance	~200ms startup, ~15MB idle, ~30MB with 10 players
🔄 Protocol	Lavalink v4 + v3 — works with any lavaclient
📊 Observability	Prometheus metrics, health check, HTML dashboard

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🚀 Quick Start

📦 npm (global)

npm install -g @sonata-sdk/server
sonata # start with default config (./config.js)
sonata /etc/sonata/config.js # start with custom config

◻ npx (no install)

npx @sonata-sdk/server # run directly

🐳 Docker

docker build -t sonata .
docker run -p 2333:2333 -v ./config.js:/app/config.js sonata

🔧 From source

git clone https://github.com/sonata-sdk/sonata.git
cd sonata
npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js

⚡ Dev mode (no build)

npx tsx src/index.ts # one-shot
npm run dev # watch mode (auto-restart)

🏗️ Bootstrap (clone + build)

sonata --build # clones repo, installs deps, compiles

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💻 CLI

sonata [config-path]
Options:
-v, --version Show version
-h, --help Show this help
--build Clone repo, install deps, and build from GitHub

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⚙️ Configuration

Copy config.example.js → config.js. Every option is documented inline.

Section	Description
server	Host, port, password, CORS, SSL, dashboard path
logging	Level, format (text/json), file transport, colors
sources	Toggle each source on/off, set API keys
lavalink	API version, session resume, plugin directory
voice	UDP mode, encryption fallback, keepalive
player	Volume, idle timeout, normalization, auto-leave
queue	Max size, history, crossfade, shuffle, loop
cache	LRU or Redis, TTL, max entries
metrics	Prometheus endpoint
rateLimiting	Window, max requests, per-user
security	HSTS, content-type enforcement, SQLi/XSS blocking
plugins	npm packages, local paths, per-plugin config
clustering	Multi-node (coming soon)
resolving	Search aliases, retry, fallbacks
dashboard	Theme, refresh, player controls

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📡 Audio Sources

Source	Method	Playlists	Auth Required
YouTube	InnerTube API (5 clients)	✅	—
SoundCloud	Public API	✅	—
Spotify	Web API + YouTube mirror	✅	clientId + clientSecret
Deezer	Gateway API + CDN	✅	arl
Apple Music	iTunes Search API	❌	—
Bandcamp	HTML	❌	—
Twitch	HTML	❌	—
Vimeo	HTML	❌	—
NicoNico	API + HTML	❌	—
Mixcloud	API + HTML	❌	—
Podcast	RSS/XML	✅	—
🌐 HTTP	Direct URL	❌	—
📁 Local	Filesystem path	❌	—

Deezer requires an arl cookie for high-quality streaming. Set sources.deezer.arl in config. SOCKS proxy is also supported via sources.deezer.proxy.

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📖 API

Lavalink v4

Method	Endpoint
GET	/v4/info
GET	/v4/stats
GET / POST / DELETE	/v4/sessions, /v4/sessions/{id}
GET	/v4/sessions/{id}/players
GET / PATCH / DELETE	/v4/sessions/{id}/players/{guildId}
POST	/v4/sessions/{id}/players/{guildId}/voice
GET	/v4/loadtracks?identifier=
GET / POST	/v4/decodetrack?track=
POST	/v4/decodetracks
POST / DELETE / PATCH	/v4/sessions/{id}/players/{guildId}/queue
GET	/v4/sessions/{id}/players/{guildId}/history
GET	/v4/routeplanner/status
POST	/v4/routeplanner/free/address, /v4/routeplanner/free/all

Legacy /v3/* endpoints are also available for backward compatibility.

Extra Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/health	Status, uptime, players, memory
GET	/version	Version, node, platform
GET	/dashboard	HTML admin dashboard
GET	/metrics	Prometheus metrics

Search Prefixes

Input	Resolves To
https://youtube.com/watch?v=...	YouTube
https://open.spotify.com/track/...	Spotify
https://soundcloud.com/user/track	SoundCloud
never gonna give you up	All sources (auto-detect)
ytmixes:VIDEO_ID	YouTube Mix (recommendations)
ytplaylist:QUERY	YouTube playlist search

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🎛️ Audio Filters

Filter	Description	Range
Volume	Multiplier with 16-bit clamp	0% – 1000%
Equalizer	15-band graphic EQ (±0.25 gain)	40Hz – 16kHz
Karaoke	Center channel removal	—
Timescale	Speed, pitch, rate	0.5x – 2.0x
Tremolo	Amplitude modulation	—
Vibrato	Pitch modulation	—
Rotation	8D stereo pan	0.05 – 0.5 Hz
Distortion	Sin/Cos/Tan waveshaping	—
Channel Mix	Left/right mixing matrix	—
Low Pass	1-pole low-pass filter	—
High Pass	1-pole high-pass filter	—
Reverb	Comb-filter delay with decay	0–100% mix
Limiter	Dynamic range compression	0–1 threshold

Apply via PATCH /v4/sessions/{id}/players/{guildId} with { filters: { ... } }.

Example usage:

{
"filters": {
"reverb": { "delay": 0.05, "decay": 0.4, "mix": 0.3 },
"highPass": { "smoothing": 0.1 },
"limiter": { "threshold": 0.95, "attack": 0.002, "release": 0.1 }
}
}

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🧩 Plugin System

Sonata supports plugins via config.js:

plugins: {npm: ['@sonata-sdk/plugin-lyrics'],paths: ['./my-local-plugin.js'],configs: {'@sonata-sdk/plugin-lyrics': {geniusApiKey: '...'}}}

Create your own using the @sonata-sdk/plugin-sdk:

import{register}from'@sonata-sdk/plugin-sdk'exportdefaultregister({name: 'my-plugin',version: '1.0.0',install(ctx){ctx.onTrackStart((guildId,track)=>{ctx.log('info',`▶ ${track.info.title}`)})ctx.registerRoute('GET','/my-plugin/status',(req,res)=>{res.end(JSON.stringify({ok: true}))})},})

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⚡ Performance

Metric	Sonata	Lavalink (Java)
Runtime	Node.js 20+	JRE 17+
Package size	~5 MB JS	~100 MB JAR
RAM (idle)	~15 MB	~300 MB
RAM (10 players)	~30 MB	~500 MB
Startup time	~200 ms	~10 s
Dependencies	npm	Maven
Docker image	~150 MB	~400 MB

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🏗️ Architecture

src/
├── index.ts # Entry point
├── config/ # Config module loader
├── server/ # HTTP + WebSocket server / router / middleware
├── lavalink/ # REST API (v3+v4), WS protocol, session manager
├── player/ # Player state machine, queue, track encoder, audio streamer
├── discord/ # Voice connection (Opus + DAVE/MLS encryption)
├── audio/ # DSP mixer with 13 filters
├── resolving/ # 12 audio source resolvers
│ ├── youtube/ # InnerTube API (5 client profiles)
│ ├── soundcloud/ # SoundCloud public API
│ ├── spotify/ # Spotify Web API + YouTube mirror fallback
│ └── ... # 9 more sources
├── cache/ # LRU / Redis track cache
├── dashboard/ # HTML admin dashboard
├── metrics/ # Prometheus exporter
├── plugin/ # Plugin manager + loader
└── types/ # TypeScript type definitions

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🛠️ Development

npm run typecheck # TypeScript type checking
npm test# Run tests (24 passing)
npm run build # Compile to dist/
npm run dev # Watch mode with auto-reload

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📦 Related

• @sonata-sdk/server — npm package for the server (binary: sonata)
• @sonata-sdk/plugin-sdk — TypeScript SDK for building Sonata plugins
• sonata-sdk-packages — Monorepo of official Sonata SDK packages
• Docs — Package documentation website

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