Tag Archives: last.fm

Pear Desktop ~ Desktop Client For YouTube Music

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Pear Desktop is an Electron-based desktop client for YouTube Music designed for Windows, Linux and macOS. The project keeps the standard YouTube Music interface while adding desktop integration, plugins, themes and additional playback features.

The application is open source and distributed under the MIT license.

Features:

  • Native desktop-style window and controls
  • Plugin framework
  • Ad blocker
  • Lyrics support
  • Last.fm scrobbling
  • Discord Rich Presence
  • Media key support
  • Custom themes and CSS
  • Audio compressor
  • Equalizer
  • Crossfade
  • Skip silences
  • SponsorBlock integration
  • Video/audio mode toggle
  • Notification support
  • Downloader plugin
  • OBS integration
  • System tray support
  • Global keyboard shortcuts

How It Works

Pear Desktop loads the standard YouTube Music web interface inside a desktop application window and extends it through plugins and Electron desktop integration. It is not a standalone music service and still requires a YouTube Music or Google account for normal use.

Basic Usage

  1. Download the correct installer for your operating system from the Releases page.
  2. Install and launch the application.
  3. Sign into your Google account.
  4. Use YouTube Music normally.
  5. Optional plugins can be enabled or disabled from the Plugins menu.

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS

Notes

Because Pear Desktop uses Electron, memory and CPU usage are generally higher than lightweight native audio players such as foobar2000 or AIMP. The project is intended primarily as a feature-enhanced desktop frontend for streaming music from YouTube Music rather than as a traditional local-library music player.

github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop

VUPlayer ~ Freeware Windows Player

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VUPlayer is an open-source multi-format audio player for Windows 7 SP1 or later.

www.vuplayer.com/vuplayer
github.com/jfchapman/VUPlayer

itunesfm ~ iTunes & last.fm Integration

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A small script to sync your play counts from last.fm back to iTunes. Supports both Windows and Mac OS X without any native dependencies. (Requires Music.app on OS X.)

Useful if you scrobble to last.fm from iTunes on multiple computers / devices and want to keep your local play counts consistent.

github.com/hansonw/itunesfm

rescrobbled ~ Music Scrobbler Daemon

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Rescrobbled is a music scrobbler daemon. It detects active media players running on D-Bus using MPRIS, automatically updates “now playing” status, and scrobbles songs to Last.fm or ListenBrainz-compatible services as they play.

Among other things, due to sharing a Spotify account, I needed a way to scrobble to Last.fm without connecting the Spotify account to my Last.fm account. Rescrobbled offers a simple solution for this.

github.com/InputUsername/rescrobbled

Lidify ~ Music Hosting & Discovery Tool

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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

Swing Music ~ Self-hosted Music Player

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Swing Music is a fast and beautiful, self-hosted music player for your local audio files. Like a cooler Spotify … but bring your own music. Just run the app and enjoy your music library in a web browser.

Features:

  • Daily Mixes – curated everyday based on your listening activity
  • Metadata normalization – a clean and consistent library
  • Album versioning – normalized albums and association with version labels (eg. Deluxe, Remaster, etc)
  • Related artist and albums
  • Folder view – Browse your music library by folders
  • Playlist management
  • Beautiful browser based UI
  • Silence detection – Combine cross-fade with silence detection to create a seamless listening experience
  • Collections – Group albums and artists based on your preferences
  • Statistics – Get insights into your listening activity
  • Lyrics view
  • Android client
  • Last.fm scrobbling
  • Multi-user support
  • Cross-platform – Windows, Linux, MacOS (coming soon), arm64, x86
  • Blazingly fast
  • Pure awesomeness

github.com/swingmx/swingmusic
github.com/swingmx/android
github.com/swingmx/webclient
sourceforge.net/projects/swing-music.mirror

Feishin ~ Self-hosted Music Player

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Rewrite of Sonixd.

Features:

  •  MPV player backend
  •  Web player backend
  •  Modern UI
  •  Scrobble playback to your server
  •  Smart playlist editor (Navidrome)
  •  Synchronized and unsynchronized lyrics support

github.com/jeffvli/feishin

foo_scrobbler_mac ~ Foo Scrobbler For Macs

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Foo Scrobbler (foo_scrobbler_mac) is a native Last.fm scrobbling plugin for foobar2000 on macOS. Submits tracks based on precise playback rules, caches scrobbles when offline, and operates silently after one-time authentication. Built using the official foobar2000 plugin API, it focuses on reliability, low overhead, and correct metadata handling. Fully open-source under GPLv3.

Supports macOS ≥ 11.5 on both Intel and ARM.

github.com/zfoxer/foo_scrobbler_mac

ZuseMe ~ Last.fm Client

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ZuseMe allows you to scrobble songs to Last.fm from players like Groove Music, Media Player (Windows 11) and more.

github.com/dumbie/ZuseMe

foobar2000 ~ macOS Components

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A collection of macOS components for foobar2000 v2 – mostly remakes of the components, which I used to love back then on windows.

DISCLAIMER: All of this is a WIP, actively tested on my foobar2000 instance, but WIP nonetheless, it may crash your foobar.

Extensions:

SimPlaylistLightweight playlist viewer with album art and grouping1.1.0📖
Playlist OrganizerTree-based playlist management1.1.0📖
Waveform SeekbarAudio visualization seekbar with effects1.0.0📖
Album Art (Extended)Multi-type album art viewer with selection support1.0.0📖
Queue ManagerVisual playback queue management1.0.0📖
Last.fm ScrobblerLast.fm integration and scrobbling1.0.0–

hydrogenaudio.org/index.php/topic,128911.0
github.com/JendaT/fb2k-components-mac-suite

Ecoute 2 For iOS ~ Highlight Your Music

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Ecoute was designed in order to be easy to use in any circumstances. We focused on artworks for the main view so you can make your choice more easily. Any item handles a long-press action and brings cool options to facilitate your navigation. Quickly jump on the now playing artist or album and select an other song you wish to listen next. We also rebuilt the standard iOS navigation system from the ground up so you can quickly select / go back while a transition occurs. Moreover, as Ecoute doesn’t need any pull-to-refresh, we decided to use the same principle for the search. Just pull down the current list and the search bar will appear in the coolest way ever.

ecoute.juliensagot.fr
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoute

foo_enhanced_playcount ~ Enhanced Playback Statistics

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This Foobar2000 component collects and maintains enhanced statistics for played songs; primarily it records the timestamp of every play of a song, and not just the first and last. It will also query last.fm and record play times of every scrobble for a song.

foo_enhanced_playcount provides some additional functionality that foo_playcount does not, but is missing some functionality that foo_playcount has. They work well together, and foo_playcount should NOT be uninstalled when foo_enhanced_playcount is installed.

This component should be installed with foo_playcount and the same time foobar2000 is installed so playback statistics are maintained from the beginning.

New Fields:

  • %played_times% – Date formatted list: ["2012-08-04 15:58:37", "2012-12-10 14:40:46", "2018-01-02 23:38:13"]
  • %played_times_js% – JS timestamp list: [1344117517000, 1355172047000, 1514957893431]
  • %played_times_raw% – raw foobar timestamps: [129885911170000000, 129996456470000000, 131594314930000000] – There’s probably no reason to ever use this.
  • %lastfm_played_times% – Date formatted list of scrobbles: ["2012-08-04 15:58:37", "2012-12-10 14:40:46", "2018-01-02 23:38:13"]
  • %lastfm_played_times_js% – JS timestamp list: [1344117517000, 1355172047000, 1514957893000]
  • %lastfm_play_count% – Count of last.fm plays, a la %play_count%: 5
  • %lastfm_added% – Single date: “2012-08-04 15:58:37“
  • %lastfm_first_played% – Always exactly the same as %lastfm_added%. Use whichever one makes most sense logically
  • %lastfm_last_played% – Single date: “2018-04-04 15:58:37“
  • %added_enhanced% – Returns the earliest of %added% (from foo_playcount) or %lastfm_added%. Single date: “2023-02-04 15:16:17“
  • %first_played_enhanced% – Returns the earliest of %first_played% (from foo_playcount) or %lastfm_added%. Single date: “2023-02-04 15:16:17“
  • %last_played_enhanced% – Returns the earliest of %last_played% (from foo_playcount) or %lastfm_last_played%. Single date: “2023-02-04 15:16:17“

These fields can be exposed via Title Formatting or used in scripts. This component does generate extra data per song played and may not be suitable for installations with limited storage.

www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_enhanced_playcount
github.com/kbuffington/foo_enhanced_playcount
wiki.hydrogenaud.io/…/foo_enhanced_playcount