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* feat(discord): allow the server cover source in the store again DiscordCoverSource gains 'server' back. The rehydrate migration that forced any persisted 'server' preference to 'none' is dropped — that coercion only made sense while the source didn't exist. * feat(discord): resolve server covers via credential-free album-info URLs Add a resolver that fetches cover art for the Discord 'server' source through the standard Subsonic getAlbumInfo2 endpoint, never through an authenticated getCoverArt URL (that was the leak fixed in #1246). - sanitizeDiscordCoverUrl rejects anything unfit to publish: non-https, embedded userinfo, auth-shaped query params (u/t/s/apiKey/jwt/token/...), LAN/loopback hosts - resolveServerCoverForDiscord takes only an album id and a share-base string, never a server profile or credentials, and session-caches results (including negative ones) per album - rewrites a LAN-scoped album-info response to the profile's public share address, keeping path + query, so the app being connected over LAN doesn't hide an otherwise-public /share/img/<jwt> link - discordPresence.ts wires the 'server' branch in with a staleness guard so a slow resolve can't overwrite a newer track's presence * feat(discord): add the server option back to the cover-source picker Three-way segmented control again: none / server / apple. The cover description now discloses that server covers reveal the server's public address to anyone viewing the presence (no credentials). Restores discordCoverServer in all 14 locales — the Italian locale already carried an unused copy of the key from before it existed at removal time, now wired up instead of left dead. * fix(discord): reject non-publishable image URLs before they reach Discord is_publishable_image_url is a backstop applied to every artwork_url (cover_art_url param and the iTunes result alike) right before it can become a large_image asset: https only, no userinfo, no auth-shaped query params. This is the layer a future frontend refactor can't silently bypass — the failure mode that turned the original credential-free server-cover design (#462) into the leak fixed in #1246 was exactly that kind of regression, on the frontend only. * docs(changelog): note Discord server cover source restoration (#1299) * fix(discord): close the LAN-host gap in the Rust publish backstop is_publishable_image_url checked scheme/userinfo/credential params but not host locality, despite its doc comment claiming parity with the TS sanitizer's isLanUrl check — a self-review found the gap. Reuses psysonic-core::log_sanitize's existing is_lan_host (now pub) instead of a second hand-written LAN-detection copy. * fix(discord): don't silently resurrect a pre-#1246 'server' preference The rehydrate migration that forced any persisted 'server' cover source to 'none' was dropped in the initial revival commit, which meant a user skipping straight from a pre-#1246 build to this one would have gotten it silently reactivated without ever seeing the new opt-in disclosure. Restored as a one-time, sentinel-gated migration: it still catches that stale value exactly once, but never coerces a deliberate post-revival choice back. * fix(discord): harden the server-cover sync against races and cross-server tracks - Staleness guard on the async resolve now also rechecks discordRichPresence/discordCoverSource, not just the track id, so a slow resolve can't revive presence after it was disabled or the cover source was switched away from 'server' while in flight. - Skip server-cover resolution (fall back to the app icon) when the playing track isn't from the active server — getAlbumInfo2 always queries the active server, so a mixed-server queue could otherwise ask the wrong server for an album id. - The change-detection gate now also reacts to the active server profile's share-base changing (e.g. adding a public address), not only to track/play-state/cover-source/template changes. - Server profile/shareBase is now computed once per sync and reused, instead of a second useAuthStore.getState() call inside the branch. * fix(discord): preserve reverse-proxy paths and TTL the server-cover cache - rewriteOriginToShareBase only swapped protocol/hostname/port, so a server reachable behind a reverse-proxy subpath (shareBase carrying a path prefix) lost that prefix and produced a 404ing URL. The prefix is now preserved. - serverCoverCache entries (including negative ones) no longer live forever — a 1h TTL, matching the existing Rust iTunes-artwork cache, means a transient resolve failure doesn't hide an album's cover for the rest of the session.
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, Chinese, Japanese, Hungarian and Polish.
More translations are added over time.
No telemetry • Native performance • Navidrome-first • Community driven
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, and it leans into that on purpose: instead of being one more generic Subsonic client, it is the Navidrome-first desktop client that does things no other client does. Other Subsonic-compatible servers can work well too, but advanced features may depend on server-side support.
⭐ Key Features
These are the things that set Psysonic apart. To our knowledge, no comparable self-hosted desktop client ships them.
🪐 Orbit — Shared Listening
Listen together, in sync, over your own server.
Orbit brings real-time synchronized group listening into Psysonic. Start a session, invite people with a link, and everyone hears the same thing at the same time — with host-controlled playback, a shared queue and guest song suggestions.
The clever part: Orbit rides entirely on your own Navidrome. There is no external relay, no third-party service and no extra accounts. The session lives on your server, where it belongs. It is built for real-world music sharing without turning your self-hosted setup into a social-media circus.
⚡ Local Library — Instant, and Almost Offline
A local index of your whole collection, so the app stays fast no matter what your connection does.
Psysonic keeps a local library of your collection's metadata right on your machine. Because the app already knows your tracks inside out, browsing, searching and starting playback are instant — even a 500 MB FLAC starts the moment you hit play, because nothing has to be fetched or parsed first.
It also means the connection to your server stops being a bottleneck. Even on a slow, flaky or distant link, Psysonic stays responsive and behaves almost like an offline player, whatever the network is doing.
And it's the foundation everything else is built on: the local library is what makes on-device analysis, smart audio and snappy navigation possible in the first place.
🧠 On-Device Audio Analysis
One of the most powerful things Psysonic does — entirely on your own machine.
Built on top of the local library, Psysonic analyzes your tracks locally — loudness, waveform and tempo — with no cloud service and no required server-side plugin. That analysis is what powers content-aware AutoDJ transitions, LUFS-based loudness normalization and playback-speed control.
This is a deep, genuinely useful layer that most clients simply don't have, and because it runs locally, it works exactly the same whether you're fully online or barely connected.
🎧 AutoDJ — Content-Aware Crossfade
A DJ that listens to the music, not a stopwatch.
Most players do fixed-time crossfade: blend the last N seconds into the next N seconds, dead air and all. AutoDJ uses Psysonic's own audio analysis to trim the silence at the edges of a track and blend out of the actual music — for transitions that sound deliberate instead of mechanical. It is a standalone playback mode with smooth skip/interrupt handling and a configurable overlap.
🔗 Navidrome-Native, Deeply
Not a generic Subsonic client wearing a Navidrome hat.
Psysonic binds Navidrome's native capabilities directly: server-side smart-playlist create/edit, playback reporting and OpenSubsonic capability probing. Most clients in this space stay Subsonic-generic. Psysonic goes deeper, so Navidrome users get the features their server can actually deliver.
🎨 Community Theme Store
A real marketplace for themes — installable and schedulable.
Beyond a big set of built-in themes, Psysonic has a first-party theme registry: browse community themes, install them in-app, and let the Theme Scheduler switch looks automatically between day and night.
Built to be trusted
We take an enterprise-grade approach to development — continuously improving our automated testing and maintaining strict contracts between the backend and the frontend. Releases are cut from green CI, not vibes.
✨ More Highlights
Features that go well beyond the basics. Not all of these are unique to Psysonic, but few clients bring this many together.
Audio & Loudness
- LUFS-based Smart Loudness Normalization
- ReplayGain support and loudness-aware playback
- 10-band Equalizer with presets
- AutoEQ headphone correction
- Per-device EQ and output optimization
- Adjustable playback speed
Lyrics & Listening
- Synced lyrics with seek support, from multiple providers (YouLy+, LRCLIB, NetEase)
- Auto-scrolling sidebar lyrics and a fullscreen lyric mode
- Last.fm scrobbling, similar artists, loved tracks and listening stats
- Smart Radio sessions and an Infinite Queue
- AudioMuse-AI support for sonic-similarity discovery (requires an AudioMuse-AI server)
Artwork & Visuals
- Optional external artist imagery via fanart.tv — opt-in, shown on the artist page, fullscreen player and home hero (Navidrome stays the canonical cover-art source)
- Cover art surfaced across the app, OS media controls and Discord Rich Presence
Library & Playlists
- Smart Playlists
- Drag & drop playlist management
- Multi-select bulk actions
Sharing
- Magic Strings sharing for albums, artists and queues
- Navidrome user-management helpers for fast account sharing
Offline, Sync & Deployment
- Offline playback and downloads
- USB / portable sync
- LAN / remote auto-switching
- Custom HTTP headers for reverse-proxy-gated servers (e.g. Cloudflare Access, Pangolin)
- Backup and restore settings
- In-app auto updater
Personalization & Accessibility
- Font customization and zoom controls
- Keybind remapping
- Colorblind-friendly theme options
- Keyboard-friendly navigation
Power-User Extras
- CLI controls
✅ The Basics, Done Right
The things you simply expect from a serious music player — and Psysonic does them well.
- Gapless playback and crossfade
- Fast search across large libraries
- Browse albums, artists, tracks and genres
- Ratings
- Queue management
- Keyboard navigation
- Media key support
- Low memory usage and native performance compared to heavy web-first clients
- Built for large self-hosted collections
Platforms
| OS | Support |
|---|---|
| Windows | Native installer / WinGet |
| 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.
AppImage runs under X11/XWayland — it pins
GDK_BACKEND=x11for a stable WebKitGTK stack. For a native-Wayland launch, use the.deb,.rpm, AUR, or Nix packages, which follow your session's display server.
Windows
Download the latest installer from the GitHub Releases.
or,
install via Windows Package Manager (WinGet):
winget install Psysonic
You can also browse and install it on winstall.app.
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
See TELEMETRY.md for the telemetry stance and PRIVACY.md for how each opt-in integration handles data.
Reviews
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.