"Roon Server" for MacOS?

[Jonathan_Barton]

Hello,
I have fairly basic question…
I’m giving Roon another shot after staying away for a while. Things have changed slightly since I was last using Roon. There used to be a “Roon Core” installer, which I think should now be renamed to “Roon Server” if I understand the marketing correctly.
Is there a way to install just the “Roon Server” portion of Roon on my Mac Mini (and possibly add a Bridge/Endpoint for playback at some point later)? I have not been able to find such a download, though the documentation implies that it should exist somewhere.

I installed Roon and setup the server, but I don’t want the full GUI running on the “headless” Mac Mini. I just want the server running. Is there a way to do this?

edit: 2023-12-06 Wow, posts get auto-closed here quickly. Thanks for the information guys, it was most helpful!

[Jim_F]

You can download and install Roon which includes both the server and GUI. Set the server to launch at startup. Don’t open the GUI and it won’t be running.

[mikeb]

@Jonathan_Barton

Is there a way to install just the “Roon Server” portion of Roon on my Mac Mini

No… it’s now one app, with two separate components. Just close out the GUI, and the server will keep running. Click the menubar icon, and make sure ‘launch at startup’ is checked. What @Jim_F said!