Music has become a power business, so have podcasts. Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and even YouTube Music/Premium are charging money if you want no ads. But you also pay with your data because data is money as well. So, what can you do when it comes to music or podcasts.
Say goodbye to proprietary music players filled with ads, tracking, and profiling. Nuclear empowers you to listen to what you want, where you want, and how you want, for free.
Nuclear supports YouTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and your local library
Open-Source Linux macOS Streaming Downloading Music Liberty
An open-source, community-oriented Apple Music client for Windows, Linux, macOS, and more.
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Clementine is a multi-platform music player. It is inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music.
Clementine is supporting web radios, and local files. But worry not, we'll cover how to download music later on.
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This one lets you play Spotify playlists or links without ads, and without Spotify tracking.
Open-Source Web
This one is epic, it works on any browser, regardless if mobile or desktop, and lets you listen and make playlists on via YouTube Music/Premium. No ads, just pure music.
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Your Gateway to Nirvana, for FREE!
SpotiFlyer is an App (written in Kotlin), which aims to download albums, tracks and playlists, etc
Supported Platforms:
Spotify, Gaana, YouTube Premium, YouTube Music, Jio-Saavn and SoundCloud — with more coming soon
DZR: the command line deezer.com player
An open-source music player app for all your needs! BlackHole also imports YouTube Music and Spotify songs and playlists.
If you like to listen to podcasts and want no trackers and intrusive apps consider:
Podcast app with clips, playlists, profiles, and cross-platform syncing.
AntennaPod is a podcast manager and player that gives you instant access to millions of free and paid podcasts, from independent podcasters to large publishing houses such as the BBC, NPR and CNN. Add, import and export their feeds hassle-free using the iTunes podcast database, OPML files or simple RSS URLs.
Download, stream, or queue episodes and enjoy them the way you like with adjustable playback speeds, chapter support and a sleep timer. Save effort, battery power and mobile data usage with powerful automation controls for downloading episodes (specify times, intervals, and Wi-Fi networks) and deleting episodes (based on your favourites and delay settings). Made by podcast-enthusiasts, AntennaPod is free in all senses of the word: open-source, no costs, no ads.
Jellyfin is the volunteer-built solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.
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Dim is a self-hosted media manager. With minimal set up, Dim will organize and beautify your media collections, letting you access and play them anytime from anywhere.
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Stremio is a modern media center that's a one-stop solution for your video entertainment. You discover, watch and organize video content from easy to install add-ons.
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Funkwhale is a community-driven project that lets you listen and share music and audio within a decentralized, open network.
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A web-based audio/video streaming application and file manager. Allowing you to access your music & videos from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device.
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Koel a personal music streaming server that works
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Lightweight, fast and self-contained personal music streamer
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