Fooyin
Fooyin is a music player built around customization. It offers a growing list of widgets to manage and play your local music collection. It's extendable through the use of plugins, and many widgets make use of FooScript to offer an even deeper level of control.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- FreeBSD
- Flatpak
- Windows
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
- Support for Themes
- Customizable
Features
- Works Offline
- Support for Lyrics
- Ad-free
- ListenBrainz scrobbling
- Dark Mode
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- No Tracking
- No registration required
- File Tagging
- Lossless Audio
- Ratings
- Waveform
- Audio playback
Fooyin News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Fooyin
Fooyin 0.12 adds audio conversion, 3 visualization plugins, and native PulseAudio supportFooyin 0.12 introduces several new features for users of this open source desktop music player for ...
- POX published news article about Fooyin
Fooyin 0.11 brings remote stream playback, internet radio, improved playlists, and moreFooyin 0.11 has been released as the latest major version of this open source customizable desktop ...
- Fla published news article about Fooyin
Fooyin v0.8.0 update brings ReplayGain support, scripting, and visualization featuresThe Fooyin v0.8.0 release enhances ReplayGain support with new calculation options, utilizing libeb...
Recent activities
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What is Fooyin?
Fooyin is a music player built around customization. It offers a growing list of widgets to manage and play your local music collection. It's extendable through the use of plugins, and many widgets make use of FooScript to offer an even deeper level of control.
Audio playback is supported by FFmpeg alongside multiple options for output including ALSA and PipeWire, with more to come.
A layout editing mode enables the entire user interface to be customized, starting from a blank slate or a preset layout.
Features
- Playback of: FLAC, MP3, MP4, Vorbis, Opus, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Monkey's Audio
- Gapless playback
- Audio output and device configuration
- CUE sheet support (including embedded)
- Fully customisable layout, starting from a blank window
- Customisable keyboard shortcuts
- Filter library on any field(s)
- Create and manage playlists
- Extensible using a plugin system
- Tag editor
- Directory browser, with support for direct playback
- Waveform seekbar
- MPRIS support
Fooyin information
Developed by
Luke TaylorLicensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.8Alternatives
69 alternatives listedNews
3 news article related to FooyinSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Categories
Audio & Music, Video & Movies, File ManagementGitHub repository
- 2,222 Stars
- 94 Forks
- 307 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
It's Foobar for Linux. Don't even think - just switch.
I searched for music player for Linux and this one is almost the most loving one I have found. hoping it add lyrics function as soon as possible.
Probably as close to Foobar2000 as you can come