Sonos Py

License: MIT Python

Local Sonos controller — CLI and MCP server. No cloud, no account, no internet required.

Control your Sonos speakers directly over your LAN via a full-featured CLI or as an MCP server that exposes every capability as an AI tool.

Features

• Full CLI — discover, status, volume, playback, groups, favorites, radio, Apple Music, queue, alarms, snapshots, sleep timer
• MCP server — all features available as tools for LLM agents (stdio and streamable-HTTP transports)
• Favorites & playlists — play Sonos favorites, radio stations, and Apple Music by name (fuzzy match)
• Radio Browser — search and play any station from the radio-browser.info directory
• Apple Music — catalog search, share-link playback, alias bookmarks
• Snapshots — save and restore volume/source/group state
• Policy engine — volume caps, URL allowlists, confirmation guards
• Zero cloud — every command hits your speakers directly over UPnP/SoCo

Requirements

• Python 3.14+
• uv (recommended) or pip
• Sonos speakers on the same LAN (S1 or S2 firmware)

Installation

# from PyPI (once published)
pip install sonos-py

# from source
git clone https://github.com/jenreh/sonos-py
cd sonos-py
uv sync

The sonos command is available after install. Run sonos discover to verify your speakers are reachable.

Quick start

# Find all speakers on the network
sonos discover

# Show playback state for all rooms
sonos status

# Play a Sonos favorite (fuzzy name match)
sonos favorites play Büro "Lieblingstitel"

# Play a radio station by alias
sonos radio play Büro 1LIVE

# Adjust volume
sonos volume up Büro --step 10

# Pause / resume
sonos playback pause Büro
sonos playback play Büro

CLI reference

sonos [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]

Options:
  --config-dir PATH   Override config directory
  --json              Output JSON instead of rich tables
  --dry-run           Preview action without executing
  --log-level TEXT    Logging level  [default: WARNING]
  --refresh           Force topology refresh before command

Command group	Description
discover	Scan LAN for Sonos speakers
rooms	List speakers and their network info
status [ROOM]	Playback state for one room or all
volume get/set/up/down	Volume control (room / group / all scopes)
mute / unmute	Mute control
playback play/pause/stop/next/previous	Transport controls
favorites list/play/refresh	Sonos favorites
radio search/play/bind/aliases	Internet radio via Radio Browser
apple auth/search/play/bind/aliases/enqueue	Apple Music
groups list/join/ungroup/isolate	Group management
queue list/clear/play	Queue management
alarms list/enable/disable/update/set	Alarm clock management
snapshot save/restore/list	State snapshots
sleep [ROOM] [SECONDS]	Sleep timer (omit seconds to clear)
config show	Display current configuration
doctor	Diagnose config, storage, and network

MCP server

# stdio (default — use with Claude Desktop or any MCP host)
sonos-mcp

# streamable-HTTP
sonos-mcp --transport streamable-http --port 8765

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sonos": {
      "command": "sonos-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available MCP tools

Tool	Description
sonos_list_speakers	List all speakers
sonos_list_groups	List speaker groups
sonos_get_state	Playback state (one or all)
sonos_set_volume / sonos_adjust_volume	Volume control
sonos_set_mute	Mute / unmute
sonos_transport	play / pause / stop / next / previous
sonos_play_favorite	Play a Sonos favorite by name
sonos_search_radio / sonos_play_radio	Radio Browser search and playback
sonos_search_apple_music / sonos_play_apple_music	Apple Music
sonos_group / sonos_ungroup / sonos_isolate	Group management
sonos_queue	List, clear, or play from queue
sonos_snapshot_save / sonos_snapshot_restore	State snapshots
sonos_sleep_timer	Set or clear sleep timer
sonos_list_alarms	List household alarms
sonos_discover	Force network rediscovery

MCP resources

Resource URI	Content
sonos://speakers	All speaker metadata
sonos://groups	Current group topology
sonos://state	Live playback state
sonos://capabilities	Enabled features and transports
sonos://config/policies	Active policy limits
sonos://radio/aliases	Saved radio aliases
sonos://apple-music/aliases	Saved Apple Music aliases

Configuration

Config lives at ~/.config/sonos-local/config.toml (created automatically on first run). Override the directory with SONSO_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR.

[network]
hosts = []                        # static IPs — leave empty for auto-discovery
discovery_timeout_seconds = 5
request_timeout_seconds = 9.5

[policies.volume]
max_room_volume = 70
max_group_volume = 60
max_all_volume = 40

[policies.playback]
allow_arbitrary_urls = false      # block arbitrary stream URLs
block_private_network_urls = true

[policies.radio]
default_countrycode = "DE"
min_bitrate = 64
preferred_codecs = ["MP3", "AAC", "AAC+"]

# Optional room aliases
[rooms.buero]
sonos_names = ["Büro"]
aliases = ["büro", "buero", "office"]

# Optional radio aliases
[radio.aliases.einslive]
stationuuid = "9606f727-0601-11e8-ae97-52543be04c81"
preferred_name = "1LIVE"
aliases = ["einslive", "1live"]

Apple Music

Apple Music playback works in two modes:

Mode	How to set up
Share links (default)	No credentials needed — paste music.apple.com share links
Catalog search	Requires a Developer Token and User Token — set apple_music.developer.enabled = true and configure keys

# Check auth status
sonos apple auth

# Play via share link
sonos apple play Büro --url "https://music.apple.com/de/album/..."

# Search and play
sonos apple search "Olivia Rodrigo GUTS"
sonos apple play Büro "GUTS" --type album

[!NOTE] For catalog search and library access, add your Apple Developer team credentials under [apple_music.developer] in config.toml. The user token is read from the env var SONSO_APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN or from the system keychain.

Using as a Python library

SonsoLocalService is the single facade used by the CLI and MCP server. You can use it directly in your own async code:

import asyncio
from sonos.core.app import SonsoLocalService
from sonos.core.models import Scope, TransportCommand

async def main() -> None:
    svc = SonsoLocalService()        # reads ~/.config/sonos-local/config.toml
    await svc.startup()

    try:
        # discover speakers
        topology = await svc.discover()
        print(f"Found {len(topology.speakers)} speaker(s)")

        # list current state
        states = await svc.get_state()
        for s in states:
            print(f"{s.name}: {s.playback_state}, vol={s.volume}")

        # volume
        await svc.set_volume("Büro", 20, Scope.ROOM)
        await svc.adjust_volume("Büro", -5, Scope.GROUP)

        # transport
        await svc.transport("Büro", TransportCommand.PAUSE, Scope.GROUP)
        await svc.transport("Büro", TransportCommand.PLAY, Scope.GROUP)

        # play a Sonos favorite (fuzzy name match)
        result = await svc.play_favorite("Büro", "1LIVE", Scope.GROUP, isolate=False)
        print(result.ok, result.action)

        # play a radio station by alias or search term
        await svc.play_radio("Büro", "1LIVE", Scope.GROUP, isolate=False)

        # group management
        await svc.group(coordinator="Büro", members=["Schlafzimmer"])
        await svc.ungroup(["Schlafzimmer"])

        # snapshot: save and restore
        snap = await svc.save_snapshot(["Büro"], name="before-party")
        await svc.restore_snapshot(snap.snapshot_id)

        # alarms
        alarms = await svc.list_alarms()
        for a in alarms:
            print(f"alarm {a.alarm_id}: {a.time} enabled={a.enabled}")

    finally:
        await svc.shutdown()

asyncio.run(main())

Pass a custom config directory or a pre-built SonosLocalConfig object to the constructor:

from pathlib import Path
from sonos.core.app import SonsoLocalService

svc = SonsoLocalService(config_dir=Path("/etc/myapp/sonos"))

All methods raise sonos.core.errors.SonosError subclasses on failure — never raw SoCo or network exceptions:

Exception	Code	Meaning
TargetNotFoundError	target_not_found	Room or favorite not found
NetworkError	network_error	Speaker unreachable
PlaybackError	playback_error	UPnP playback failure
InvalidInputError	invalid_input	Bad argument (time format, etc.)
PolicyError	policy_error	Volume cap or URL policy blocked
AmbiguousTargetError	ambiguous_target	Name matches multiple speakers

Development

# Set up environment
task init

# Run tests
task test

# Lint and format
task lint
task format

# Type check
task typecheck

Tests require no real hardware. Live integration tests (marked sonos_live) need speakers on the network:

task test:live

Architecture

sonos/
├── cli/          # Typer CLI — one file per command group
├── core/
│   ├── app.py    # SonsoLocalService — the single application facade
│   ├── sonos/    # SoCo backend (async wrapper + discovery + favorites)
│   ├── radio/    # Radio Browser client and resolver
│   ├── apple_music/  # Apple Music client (catalog + share links)
│   ├── config.py # Pydantic config model, TOML load/save
│   └── policy.py # Volume/playback/URL policy enforcement
├── mcp_server/   # FastMCP server — tools and resources
└── storage/      # aiosqlite — snapshots, radio aliases, Apple Music aliases

The SonsoLocalService is the single entry point used by both the CLI and the MCP server. All SoCo calls run in a thread pool via asyncio.to_thread; all domain exceptions are SonosError subclasses so callers never see raw library exceptions.