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Cross-platform Spotify alternatives? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking for a FOSS alternative to Spotify, preferably one that works across Android, MacOS, and Windows.

Does anything like that exist?

On Android, I'm using ViMusic. Works great!
On MacOS, I've tried nuclear and Spotube. Neither seems to work great.
Haven't tried anything on Windows yet.

Suggestions appreciated. Thanks lemmy!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is that music isn't generally FOSS - people would like to be paid for their work. So the next best thing is to set up your own music service where you can add your own music.

Here's a good discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/rdxbxp/is_there_any_spotifylike_selfhosted_music/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Here is a libreddit link: https://libreddit.de/r/selfhosted/comments/rdxbxp/is_there_any_spotifylike_selfhosted_music/

Please don't use direct links to reddit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FOSS doesn't mean that you can't be paid for it...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's true. However, FOSS usually means that it's free (F) and open-source (OS). Music isn't usually open source - they don't usually share the sheet music or allow free editing/covering/forking of the music. So the worlds don't completely mesh. You can look at a FOSS solution for managing music, but you won't find a ton of FOSS music.