gonic ~ Self-hosted Music Server


music streaming server / free-software subsonic server API implementation

Features:

  • browsing by folder (keeping your full tree intact) see here
  • browsing by tags (using taglib – supports mp3, opus, flac, ape, m4a, wav, etc.)
  • on-the-fly audio transcoding and caching (requires ffmpeg) (thank you spijet)
  • subsonic jukebox mode, for gapless server-side audio playback instead of streaming (thank you lxea)
  • support for podcasts (thank you lxea)
  • pretty fast scanning (with my library of ~50k tracks, initial scan takes about 10m, and about 6s after incrementally)
  • multiple users, each with their own transcoding preferences, playlists, top tracks, top artists, etc.
  • last.fm scrobbling
  • listenbrainz scrobbling (thank you spezifisch, lxea)
  • artist similarities and biographies from the last.fm api
  • support for multi valued tags like albumartists and genres (see more)
  • a web interface for configuration (set up last.fm, manage users, start scans, etc.)
  • support for the album-artist tag, to not clutter your artist list with compilation album appearances
  • written in go, so lightweight and suitable for a raspberry pi, etc. (see ARM images below)
  • newer salt and token auth
  • tested on airsonic-refix, amperfy, symfonium, dsub, jamstash, music-assistant, subsonic.el, sublime music, soundwaves, stmp, termsonic, tempus, strawberry, and ultrasonic

github.com/sentriz/gonic

spotatui ~ Standalone Terminal Player


spotatui plays Spotify natively and streams YouTube, your local files, Subsonic or Navidrome and 30,000+ internet radio stations from a single keyboard-driven player. Spotify is optional. So is the AI DJ.

Features:

  • Multiple sources — Spotify optional. Play from Spotify, Local Files, a Subsonic/Navidrome server, Internet Radio, YouTube, or Qobuz. The free sources need no Spotify account; press d to switch between them at any time.
  • Native streaming. Play Spotify audio directly, no official app or spotifyd required — spotatui appears as its own Spotify Connect device (Premium required).
  • Synced lyrics. Line-by-line lyrics that follow playback.
  • Real-time audio visualizer. A system-wide FFT visualizer (press v) that reacts to whatever is playing.
  • Cross-source play queue. Press z on any track to queue it — the queue plays across every source before your current context resumes.
  • Lua plugins. Extend spotatui with event hooks, commands, keybindings, popups, and theming.
  • Listening history & recap. spotatui keeps a local play history and can generate a shareable HTML recap (spotatui history recap).
  • Full CLI. Most of what the UI does is scriptable — playback, search, playlists, shell completions. Run spotatui --help.
  • Lightweight. ~78 MB RAM while streaming, versus a full Electron client. See Performance.

spotatui.com
github.com/LargeModGames/spotatui

Subsonic player ~ Modern Subsonic Player


Subsonic player is a responsive, modern web-based client designed for Subsonic music servers.

Built with Nuxt 4, a modern Vue 3 framework, this open-source application provides a seamless and enjoyable music listening experience across all devices.

Compatible Servers:

Features:

  1. Fully Responsive UI (Further design improvements are ongoing.)
    • Optimized for desktop and mobile devices.
    • Adaptive design.
  2. Comprehensive Library Browsing
    • Browse by album, artist, genre, and folder/files.
    • Explore podcasts and favourites.
    • Access internet radio stations.
  3. Advanced Functionality
    • Bookmarking podcast episode to keep track of the listening position across multiple sessions.
    • MediaSession Integration.
    • Advanced Search capabilities.
    • Dark/Light Mode support.
    • Keyboard shortcut (Press h to see menu).
    • Context menu access via right-click (desktop) or long press (mobile) for quick actions on tracks, albums, playlists, and more.
    • Easily drag and drop your favorite tracks, albums, and podcast episodes right into the queue or your playlist in the sidebar (available only on desktop).
  4. Progressive Web App (PWA) Feature
    • Seamlessly download the app icon to the home screen, providing the convenience of launching the app just like a traditional native application.
    • Benefit from a web-based app that reduces storage space on devices compared to traditional downloadable applications, while still providing robust functionality.
  5. Settings
    • The app includes settings for theme, layout, crossfade, replaygain, scrobbling, and more. See the environment variables section for which can be pre-configured across all devices.

github.com/VD39/subsonic-player

RadioBrowser ~ Radio & TV Search


This is a community driven effort (like Wikipedia) with the aim of collecting as many Internet radio and TV stations as possible. Any help is appreciated!

  • Free for ALL!
  • Data license: public domain, software license: GPL, server software: open source
  • Open API for usage in own apps
  • Everyone is free to use the collected data (station names, tags, links to stream, links to homepages, language, country, state) in their works. I give all the rights I have at the accumulated data to the public domain.

www.radio-browser.info

Shortwave ~ Gnome Radio Player


Listen to internet radio. Gnome style.

apps.gnome.org/Shortwave
gitlab.gnome.org/World/Shortwave

24seven.fm Covers ~ Radio Cover Art


Cover-art for the 24seven.fm family of internet radio stations — Streaming Soundtracks, 1980s.FM, Adagio.FM, Death.FM, and Entranced.FM. A shared, host-agnostic C++ engine drives three Windows front-ends plus a cross-platform core library:

ComponentDirectoryOutputBuild system
Desktop viewerdesktop/24sevenfm_covers.exe
(x64, self-contained)
MSBuild (.vcxproj / .sln)
Winamp pluginwinamp/gen_24sevenfm_covers.dll
(x86 / 32-bit)
CMake
foobar2000 componentfoobar2000/foo_24sevenfm_covers/foo_24sevenfm_covers.dll
(x64)
MSBuild
(.vcxproj)
Core librarylib/coverfetch static lib (cross-platform)CMake

All three front-ends share the same Direct2D renderer (shared/d2d_*.cpp), the cover engine (shared/cover_engine.* — cover preload, crossfade/flip transitions, remaining-time countdown), the options page (shared/options_*), and the networking/parse library (lib/). The library alone (lib/) is portable C++11 and already cross-compiles for Android/iOS.

github.com/pke/24sevenfm_covers

Audiomora ~ Radio Player & Recorder


A professional, high-performance radio player and recorder for Windows. Access the world of music with a single click.

Features:

  • Global Access: Over 30,000 radio stations via Radio-Browser API.
  • High-Quality Recording: Capture streams in MP3 (320kbps) or WAV format.
  • Smart Timer: Schedule your recordings to never miss a show.
  • Visual Experience: Integrated real-time audio visualizer.
  • Portable: No installation required. Everything (VLC/FFmpeg) is included in one EXE.

github.com/BugHunter2026/Audiomora-Radio-Player

OA Player ~ Glassmorphic Music Player


Transform your PC into a premium analog audio experience with the latest version of OA Player. This audiophile-grade, hi-fi integrated media player combines cutting-edge digital technology with the warm, rich character of classic analog sound.

Features:

  • Real-Time Analog Sound Emulation
  • Custom Sound Profiles
  • 10/16/32-Band Equalizer + Integrated Bass Boost
  • Stereo Widener
  • Tube Preamp Emulation
  • Natural Dynamics
  • High Exciter
  • Discrete Reverb
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Digital to Reel
  • Limiter
  • Pitch Convert
  • All-in-One Audio Hub
OA Player Interface

sourceforge.net/projects/oa-player

Gnome ~ Internet Radio Extension


Listen to an Internet Radio Stream

extensions.gnome.org/extension/836/internet-radio

GNU Radio ~ Software Radio Ecosystem



GNU Radio is a free & open-source software development toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement software radios. It can be used with readily-available low-cost external RF hardware to create software-defined radios, or without hardware in a simulation-like environment. It is widely used in research, industry, academia, government, and hobbyist environments to support both wireless communications research and real-world radio systems.

wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=What_Is_GNU_Radio

GNU Radio is a free software development toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement software-defined radios and signal processing systems. It can be used with external radio frequency (RF) hardware to create software-defined radios, or without hardware in a simulation-like environment. It is widely used in hobbyist, academic, and commercial environments to support both wireless communications research and real-world radio systems.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Radio

Lidify ~ Music Hosting & Discovery Tool


Lidify is built for music lovers who want the convenience of streaming services without sacrificing ownership of their library. Point it at your music collection, and Lidify handles the rest: artist discovery, personalized playlists, podcast subscriptions, and seamless integration with tools you already use like Lidarr and Audiobookshelf.

  • Stream your library – FLAC, MP3, AAC, OGG, and other common formats work out of the box
  • Automatic cataloging – Lidify scans your library and enriches it with metadata from MusicBrainz and Last.fm
  • Audio transcoding – Stream at original quality or transcode on-the-fly (320kbps, 192kbps, or 128kbps)
  • Ultra-wide support – Library grid scales up to 8 columns on large displays
Lidify Interface

github.com/Chevron7Locked/lidify
github.com/TheWicklowWolf/Lidify

BassBoom ~ Music App & Library


BassBoom is a music player made with C# using the fast mpg123 library as the native backend that handles the music playback and song information, including the playback device information.

This library is a viable library aimed for cross-platform music playing because we’ve selected mpg123 as the MP3 backend library for its ease of use and for its fast music playback. This library is frictionless as it aims for stability and cross-platform compatibility.

In addition to your regular music files, BassBoom also supports online MPEG radio stations that you can use to play your own favorite radio stations, as long as they don’t use AAC or any other codec that BassBoom doesn’t support.

github.com/Aptivi/BassBoom