Tomahawk – music player

The developers of Tomahawk bill their application as a music player that fundamentally changes the way music is consumed and shared. This application hooks you up with your friends — connect with your Jabber /Google Talk / Twitter friends and share collections and playlists.

Tomahawk makes use of ‘resolvers’ – small scripts that let users use a variety of services, such as hooking up your Google / Jabber account so that you can play music from other people’s libraries.

This application is written in Qt.

Features include:

• Dashboard.
• SuperCollection.
• Top Loved Tracks.
• Charts – shows top music charts from iTunes, WeAreHunted, Ex.fm, Billboard, and more.
• New Releases.
• Collections.
• Loved Tracks – instantly add songs to your Loved Tracks.
• Playlists .
• Smart Playlists using the Echo Nest Service, Tomahawk can automatically create playlists from an artist name, genre, key, adjective, tempo, and more.
• Import XSPF (XML Shareable Playlist Format).
• Export playlists.
• Supports the following services:
  • Local network.
  • YouTube – search YouTube for audio content.
  • Jabber – log on to your Jabber/XMPP account to connect to your friends.
  • Ex.fm – searches this service for tracks.
  • Last.fm scrobbling.
  • Ampache – connect to an Ampache server and resolves tracks.
  • Subsonic – searches a Subsonic service for music to play.
  • Official.fm – search this service for tracks.
  • 4Shared – looks for tracks to play from this service.
  • SoundCloud.
  • Jamendo – search this free music database.
  • Dilandau – uses this mp3 search engine to find tracks.
  • Grooveshark – searches Grooveshark for playable tracks (requires premium account).
  • Spotify – play your music from and sync your playlists with Spotify (requires premium account).
  • Google – connect to Google Talk to find your friends.
  • Twitter – connect to your Twitter followers.
• Add custom radio stations.
• Support for SOCKS proxy.
• Remote Peer Connection Methods.

Website: github.com/tomahawk-player/tomahawk
Support: Wiki
Developer: Christian Muehlhaeuser and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Tomahawk is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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