Explo
Spotify's "Discover Weekly" for self-hosted music systems
Runssource: GitHubGoMITcommit 521aad4afece
Go, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: airsonic, emby, jellyfin, listenbrainz, mpd, music player daemon, navidrome and plex media server.
Explo runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 9 minutes and hit 4 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Explo builds successfully from source as a Go binary with embedded Vite frontend, and the web UI server responds to all API endpoints including CSRF, login, auth, config, logs, and background art.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 96 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- Node.js version 18 is too old (requires >= 20 for Vite 6)3 minutes
- Go compiler not found in environment2 minutes
- Native binding missing for @tailwindcss/oxide (npm bug with optional deps)1 minute
- ytmusicapi Python module missing1 minute
- Install time
- 9 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 15 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 4 hit, 4 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- curl http://localhost:7288/ returned HTTP 200 (SPA index.html); curl /api/ui/csrf returned CSRF token; login with form-encoded credentials returned 200 Set-Cookie; auth/status returned authenticated=true; /api/ui/config returned env values from config file; /api/ui/logs returned log entries; /api/ui/background-art returned 200; go vet ./src/... passed clean; go build -o explo ./src/main/ succeeded; also: /tmp/explo --version prints 'dev'
- Model tokens used
- 117,024
- Exact commit tested
- 521aad4afece
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
Now let me compile the final summary. exec /bin/sh -lc '# Calculate install minutes echo "Install started at: 17:53" echo "Install ended at: 18:02 (first binary built)" echo "So about 9 minutes"' in /work/repo succeeded in 0ms: Install started at: 17:53 Install ended at: 18:02 (first binary built) So about 9 minutes tokens used 117,024
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 9 minutes.
- Recovered from all 4 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- A quick evaluation: it was running 9 minutes after the clone.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 2/3 | Runs with mocks | 92.00 | 0.06 | |
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Runs | 100.00 | 0.08 |
Topics (from GitHub)
airsonicembyjellyfinlistenbrainzmpdmusic-player-daemonnavidromeplex-media-serverself-hostedsubsonic
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Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/explo)Questions
- Does Explo run?
- Yes. Explo runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 9 minutes, hitting 4 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test Explo?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 521aad4afece. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test Explo?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.08: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does Explo take to install?
- 9 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does Explo need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing Explo?
- 4 things broke in the recorded run, and 4 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- Where is the evidence for Explo?
- All 2 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.