CLUSTER MUSIC-AUDIO-LOCAL · 41 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2022-10-22
Local music library players
This cluster consists of desktop music players that play and organize local audio files, offering library scanning, playlist creation, tag editing, and support for audiophile formats like high-resolution or lossless audio. Dated entries span from 2011 to mid-2026, with a thin and sporadic early history and a visible rise in the months just before the index start. The highest activity signals belong to amus, muzaiten-bin, and mpz, each at 0 stars, and five members lack source dates.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 11 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 1 indie · 18 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21Gapless0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that plays and organizes large local music collections with gapless playback, playlists, and volume normalization.
- 22Music0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceMusic player that plays and organizes a local music collection with automatically generated playlists and custom curation.
- 23musicbee0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop audio player that organizes and plays local music libraries with advanced playback features.
- 24musicplayer2-bin0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop audio player that plays music collections, displays lyrics, and converts audio file formats.
- 25JSymphonic Revival0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop file manager application that transfers and organizes MP3, WMA, OGG, and FLAC audio files on portable Sony digital music players.
- 26Pragha Music Player0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceLightweight desktop music player that organizes, tags, and plays local audio files with playlist management and audio CD support.
- 27Sayonara0★15 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application for playing and organizing local audio files, streams, and podcasts, with playlist creation, tagging, and library management tools.
- 28exfalso0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceMusic player and library manager for organizing and listening to local music collections.
- 29clementine0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop music player and library organizer that lets users browse, play, and manage a local audio collection.
- 30theBeat0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop application that automatically discovers local music files and organizes them into a searchable library with playlist creation.
- 31musique111-qt50★4 moliveopen sourceDesktop music player that plays and manages a user's local music collection, organizing tracks by artist and album.
- 32FolderPlay0★5 moliveopen sourceDesktop music player that browses and plays local audio collections by folder structure, supporting high-resolution lossless audio formats.
- 33Nova Music0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceA desktop music player that scans folders for audio files and organizes tracks by album, artist, and custom playlists.
- 34Classical Music Scanner0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceUtility that scans local audio files to build a classical music metadata database for specialized music players.
- 35Audok0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop music player for organizing local audio folders that also rips streams, records audio, and converts between file formats.
- 36JuK0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop music player and library manager that organizes audio collections, edits file tags, and manages playlists for local music files.
- 37Strawberry [Kyu version]0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop music player and collection organizer for music collectors and audiophiles to browse and play local audio libraries.
- 38jsBudbrainPlayer0★unknownlivehand-codedindieAudio player that automatically plays recordings from a folder at chosen times, supporting shuffle, scheduling, and loudness leveling.
- 39Banshee0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceMusic player for organizing local libraries, subscribing to podcasts, scrobbling to Last.fm, and streaming Internet Archive audio.
- 40Resonance0★unknownlivehand-codedhobbyDesktop music player with a graphical interface for organizing and playing local audio collections, including playlists and scrobbling integration.
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