FolderPlay is a minimalist music player for local music collections.
Built with Rust and GTK4, it’s designed for listeners who organise their audio by folders and want the player to respect that structure rather than imposing its own artist, album, or genre-based library layout. The application focuses on simple browsing, high-resolution playback, and a clean adaptive interface.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays music folders in the same order as they appear on disk.
- Supports high-resolution lossless audio formats including FLAC, DSF, and DFF.
- Offers HiFi audio output selection with PipeWire, ALSA, and PulseAudio support.
- Stores song metadata, cover art, and folder information in a local database.
- Includes instant search, adaptive layout, and light and dark modes.
Website: github.com/juancarlosbernal/FolderPlay
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Developer: Juan Carlos Bernal
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
FolderPlay is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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