/TauonMusicBox

The Linux desktop music player from the future! :city_sunset:

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Tauon Music Box

A music player for the Linux desktop. Designed to be simple and streamlined, putting the user in control of their music collection. Uses GStreamer for playback.

Features ✨

  • Fast, comfortable and responsive UI.
  • Import tracks and create playlists by simple drag and drop.
  • Seamless support for CUE sheets.
  • Import and control playback of Spotify tracks. (Requires Spotify Premium)
  • Stream music from your PLEX, koel or Airsonic server.
  • Large album art and gallery displays!
  • Support for gapless playback.
  • Batch transcode folders of music.
  • Last.fm scrobbling with track love support ❤️
    See which of your tracks your friends loved too! 💜 💙
  • Download cover art function.
  • Lyrics display with support for displaying guitar chord lyrics and synced .lrc files.
  • Edit tags with MusicBrainz Picard (when also installed).
  • Keep track of play counts. Visualise these so you always know which tracks were your favorite.
  • Shortcuts for searching artists on Rate Your Music and tracks on Genius.
  • Linux desktop integration with MPRIS2.
  • Built-in topchart generator.
  • Extract archives and import your music downloads in one click! ⚡

File type compatibility 🌌

  • FLAC, APE, TTA, WV, MP3, M4A(aac, alac), OGG, OPUS
  • XSPF, CUE (automatic detection)

Download and Install 💫

Installation is available as a Flatpak.

Download on Flathub

For Arch Linux based distros, you can install from the AUR. For Ubuntu, install is alternatively available from Snapcraft. Flatpak and Snap versions use sandboxing, see here for notes.


I highly recommend reading the Tauon Music Box manual.

Feel free to submit any issues or suggestions. I'd love to hear your feedback.

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