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Open Source Music Streaming Tools

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Open Source Self-Hosted Music Streaming Server: Navidrome
Open Source Music Server Self-hosted

Navidrome is an open-source self-hosted music streaming server that lets you stream and manage your personal music collection from any browser or device. It supports large libraries, multi-user access, Subsonic-compatible apps, real-time transcoding, and lightweight deployment with Docker or Raspberry Pi.

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Open Source Ad-Free Music Player & Streaming App: Nuclear
Open Source Music Player Plugin System

Nuclear is an open-source desktop music player that lets you search, stream, and organize music without ads or tracking. It supports playlists, themes, plugins, artist discovery, and cross-platform playback on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Open Source Ad-Free Android Music Streaming App: Musify
Open Source Music Streaming Android

Musify is a free, open-source Android music streaming app with online search, offline listening, custom playlists, built-in equalizer, SponsorBlock, and lyrics, no ads, no subscriptions, available on F-Droid.

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Modern YouTube Downloader: YTSage
Open Source Video Downloader Media Tools

YTSage is a modern YouTube downloader with a clean PySide6 interface, letting you download videos in any quality, extract audio, fetch subtitles, skip sponsored segments, and more, built on yt-dlp for reliable performance.

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Free Open-Source Screen Recorder & Editor: Capptivo
Open Source Screen Recorder Auto Zoom

Capptivo is a free, open-source alternative to Screen Studio and Cursorful, with smart follow-cursor zoom, click-based auto zooms, face-cam overlay, and on-device caption generation no account, no subscription.

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Native Desktop Client for YouTube Music: Zuno
Open Source Music Client Cross Platform

Zuno is a fast, native-feeling desktop client for YouTube Music with synced lyrics, offline downloads, multi-tab queues, and a mini player for Windows, macOS, and Linux, unofficial and unaffiliated with Google.

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Edit Video by Editing the Transcript: Rescript
Source Available Video Editor Local First

Rescript is a transcript-based video and audio editor delete words in the transcript and the matching clip is cut, entirely offline on your device, with filler and silence removal built in.

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Free Open Source Cross-Platform Video Editor: Shotcut
Open Source Video Editor Cross-Platform

Shotcut is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor built on the MLT framework with Qt 6 and FFmpeg — full-featured multi-track editing for Windows, macOS, and Linux, completely free of charge.

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Open Source Lightweight Music Player Built with Rust: Kopuz
Open Source Music Player Self-Hosted Streaming

Kopuz is a lightweight, open-source music player built with Rust and Dioxus — scan your local library, stream from Jellyfin/Subsonic, YouTube Music, or SoundCloud, with lyrics, equalizer, and full desktop integration.

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Open Source Desktop App for YouTube Music: YTMDesktop
Open Source Music Streaming Cross Platform

YTMDesktop is a native desktop app for YouTube Music with media key support, Discord Rich Presence, a companion remote-control app, and Stream Deck integration, no bulky browser tab required.

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Open Source Modern Video Player for macOS: IINA
Open Source Media Player macOS

IINA is a modern, open-source video player for macOS built on mpv, with a native interface, Touch Bar and picture-in-picture support, and a plugin system for subtitles, streaming, and media servers.

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Open Source Ad-Free Desktop App for YouTube Music: Pear Desktop
Open Source Music Streaming Ad-Free

Pear Desktop is an unofficial, open-source YouTube Music client with built-in ad blocking, custom themes, and a plugin system, running natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Open Source Multi-Device Web Audio Player: Beatsync
Open Source Music Streaming Self-Hosted

Beatsync turns any group of devices into a synchronized speaker system, playing audio in your browser with millisecond-accurate timing and spatial volume control, no app install required.

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Free Web-Based Audio Editor: AudioMass
Source Available Audio Editor Web-Based

AudioMass is a free, full-featured web-based audio and waveform editor with multitrack support layer tracks, crossfade, record, and bounce down, all in your browser with no install required.

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Open Source Self-Hosted Music Streaming Server: mStream
Open Source Music Streaming Self-Hosted

mStream is the easiest self-hosted music streaming server to set up, with zero-configuration remote access, automatic album art, P2P discovery, and server federation no port forwarding or SSL required.

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Windows Sound Enhancer: FxSound
Open Source Windows Audio

FxSound acts as a virtual soundcard for Windows, giving clean audio passthrough plus active effects for boosting volume, shaping timbre, and fine-tuning equalization across your whole system.

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Self-Hosted Music Streaming: Kima
Open Source Self-Hosted Music Streaming

Kima brings a Spotify-like streaming experience to your own music library, with AI-powered discovery, podcast and audiobook support, and Lidarr/Soulseek integration for growing your collection.

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Play Multiple Videos Side-by-Side: GridPlayer
Open Source Media Player Cross Platform

GridPlayer is a simple, VLC-based media player that plays multiple videos at once in a configurable grid, supporting any video format and most streaming URLs via yt-dlp and Streamlink.