mt-daapd, also known as Firefly Media Server, is a media server with support for Apple's DAAP protocol and Roku's RSP protocol. It supports iTunes clients and various music-oriented devices like the Roku SoundBridge.
I took over mt-daapd's maintenance in Debian after I got my SoundBridge; the package was in bad shape and desperately needed some care. Once the packaging was fixed, I went on and fixed bugs in the code.
While doing so, I could only witness how bad the code was. Bad design, bad implementation, no coding standard, memory leaks, useless code left lying around, you name it.
Moreover, mt-daapd has been unmaintained by its original developer for quite some time (2 years at the time I released my rewrite).
I decided to rewrite a media server daemon similar to mt-daapd to cover my needs (primarily) which would be faster and better. It won't necessarily have the same features mt-daapd has, but it'll work better and be more maintainable.
This project is a work in progress; feedback is welcome, and so are patches ;) If there is enough interest in it, it'll become a full-fledge project.
Read the original announcement
Git tree: git://git.debian.org/users/jblache/forked-daapd.git