Frank Stellmacher
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* fix(ui): square shape across badges, pills and non-player buttons zunoz on Discord flagged inconsistent shapes for play buttons, badges and pills across the app. Unify to var(--radius-sm) for non-player surfaces so the same visual indicator looks identical wherever it appears. Player Bar, Fullscreen Player and Mini Player keep their circular shape as part of the player family; toggle switches, sliders, search input, pagination dots and theme overrides are left alone. Covers: hero play + nav arrows, album-card details button, album header icon buttons, playlist suggestion play, album-row nav arrows; .badge (incl. New / album-detail), genre pill, np chip/tag/badge, np-dash toolbar badge, radio filter chip, radio card chip, mp album plays pill, settings search-result badge, alphabet filter buttons, download hint, mobile search chip, artist release-group count, artist external link, all Orbit session pills, device-sync count badge; ServersTab "Aktiv" badge, PlaylistCard loading badge, AlbumRow / ArtistRow "more" buttons. * fix(composers): collapse empty space between virtual rows The composer grid uses text-only tiles (~78 px intrinsic) but estimateRowHeightPx scaled with cell width like the image variants, clamped to a 200 px maximum. On normal viewports every virtual row reserved ~200 px while the actual card was ~78 px, leaving ~120 px of empty space below each row. Pin the composer variant to min === max so the rowHeight is a fixed 88 px regardless of cell width. * fix(ui): unify secondary action buttons on btn-surface Action rows on the Artist, Album, Tracks, Favorites and Most Played pages mixed btn-ghost (borderless), btn-surface (bordered) and bare .btn (no variant, picked up bordered look in light themes only). Result was per-page and per-theme inconsistency — secondary buttons sometimes had borders, sometimes not. Unify on btn-surface for all secondary actions so the same affordance looks identical across pages and the difference between themes is just border tone, not border presence. - Tracks hero: Enqueue and Reroll buttons - AlbumHeader: Shuffle, Enqueue, Star, Share, Bio, Download and the Offline-cache states - MostPlayed: sort toggle and compilations filter (now matches the Albums page header) * fix(hero): make pagination dots visible on light backdrops The pagination dots used `rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.35)` which disappears against white-dominant cover art and on light themes, even under the hero gradient overlay. zunoz on Discord reported the inactive dots as effectively invisible. Bump inactive dots to 85 % white with a dark outline + drop shadow so they read against any backdrop, and switch the active dot to the accent color so the highlight reads as colour, not just width. Also opaque-fill `.badge` (`var(--accent)` + `--ctp-crust` text) so the hero pills do not disappear against light cover art either — base class previously used `--accent-dim` which is too transparent for badges per the existing badge rule. * fix(tracks): align Browse-all-tracks header with rows The Tracks page header sat outside the scroll container while rows sat inside it, so the scrollbar gutter shrank only the rows and the last header column drifted right of its row data. With OpenDyslexic selected the wider glyphs pushed "Duration" past the viewport edge entirely; zunoz on Discord reported it. Move SongListHeader inside the scroll container with position: sticky so header and rows share the same width budget. Sticky keeps the header visible while scrolling as a side benefit. * test(cardGridLayout): pin composer variant to fixed row height Guards the fix that collapsed the empty space between Composers grid rows. Re-introducing the `cellWidthPx + extra` scaling for composer would silently bring back ~120 px of dead space per virtual row, so the test asserts the fixed 88 px output across a wide cellWidth range. Image variants (artist / album / playlist) get baseline assertions so the composer case is documented as the deliberate exception, not an oversight. * docs(changelog): UI consistency sweep (PR #745)
A modern desktop client for self-hosted music libraries
Fast. Native. Beautiful. Built for people who actually care about their music collection.
Psysonic is built primarily for Navidrome and also works with Gonic, Airsonic, LMS and other Subsonic-compatible servers, depending on the features supported by your server.
Available languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Norwegian Bokmål, Dutch, Romanian, Russian and Chinese.
More translations are added over time.
No telemetry • Native performance • Navidrome-first • Community driven
Warning
Psysonic is under active development. Bugs and rough edges can happen, and features may change as the project evolves.
What is Psysonic?
Psysonic is a desktop music client for self-hosted music libraries. It is designed for people who want the freedom of their own server without giving up the comfort, polish and speed of a modern music app.
It is built with Rust, Tauri v2 and React, with a strong focus on responsiveness, customization, practical music-library workflows and a user interface that does not require a manual before you can press play.
Psysonic is optimized first and foremost for Navidrome. Other Subsonic-compatible servers can work well too, but advanced features may depend on server-side support.
Highlights
Playback & Queue
- Gapless playback
- Crossfade
- ReplayGain support
- LUFS-based Smart Loudness Normalization
- AudioMuse-AI support
- Infinite Queue
- Smart Radio sessions
- Fast and responsive playback handling
- Low memory usage compared to heavy web-first clients
Audio Tools
- 10-band Equalizer
- Equalizer presets
- AutoEQ headphone correction
- Per-device optimization
- Loudness-aware playback options
Library Management
- Fast search across large libraries
- Albums, artists, tracks and genres
- Ratings support
- Multi-select bulk actions
- Drag & drop playlist management
- Smart Playlists
- Built for large self-hosted collections
Lyrics & Discovery
- Synced lyrics with seek support
- Lyrics provider support: YouLy+, LRCLIB and NetEase
- Auto-scrolling sidebar lyrics
- Fullscreen lyric mode
- Last.fm scrobbling
- Similar artists
- Loved tracks and listening stats
Sharing & Social Listening
-
Magic Strings sharing:
- share albums, artists and queues
- Navidrome user management helpers
- fast account sharing
-
Orbit shared listening sessions:
- host-controlled synchronized playback
- session invites via link
- guest song suggestions
- real-time queue interaction
Personalization & Accessibility
- Large theme collection
- Catppuccin and Nord inspired styles
- Glassmorphism effects
- Font customization
- Zoom controls
- Keybind remapping
- Theme Scheduler for automatic day/night switching
- Colorblind-friendly theme options
- Keyboard-friendly navigation
Power User Extras
- CLI controls
- USB / portable sync
- Backup and restore settings
- In-app auto updater
- LAN / remote auto switching
Orbit brings synchronized shared listening sessions directly into Psysonic.
Start a session, invite others with a link and listen together with host-controlled playback, shared queue interaction and guest song suggestions. It is built for real-world music sharing without turning your self-hosted setup into a social-media circus.
Platforms
| OS | Support |
|---|---|
| Windows | Native installer |
| macOS | Signed DMG |
| Linux | AppImage / DEB / RPM / AUR (psysonic, psysonic-bin) / NixOS |
Install
Linux
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/main/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash
Linux builds are also available through GitHub Releases, AUR and Cachix/Nix.
Windows
Download the latest installer from the GitHub Releases.
macOS
Download the signed DMG from the GitHub Releases.
Development
Contributor expectations (PRs, CI, Tauri boundary, UI): CONTRIBUTING.md.
git clone https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic.git
cd psysonic
npm install
npm run tauri:dev
Build release:
npm run tauri:build
Privacy
Psysonic is built for self-hosted music collections. Your library is yours.
- No telemetry
- No spyware nonsense
- No analytics harvesting
- No hidden tracking
Community & Support
Join the community, report bugs, suggest features, share themes and help shape the future of Psysonic.
License
Psysonic is licensed under the GNU GPL v3.0.
Forks and Attribution
Psysonic is free and open-source software under the GPLv3. You are welcome to fork it, modify it and build upon it under the terms of the license.
If you publish a modified or rebranded version, please make it clear that your project is based on Psysonic and preserve proper attribution to the original project.
That is not about preventing forks. Forks are part of open source. It is about being honest with users and contributors about where the work comes from.
Features, design work and implementation ideas developed in Psysonic should not be presented as unrelated original work in downstream projects.
Own your music. Enjoy the client too.
Psysonic brings a modern desktop experience to self-hosted music libraries.