Frank Stellmacher
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* wip(home): Lossless rail + dedicated /lossless-albums page Rail under Home > mostPlayed and a dedicated infinite-scroll page that list albums whose tracks are tagged in lossless containers. Walks Navidrome's native /api/song?_sort=bit_depth&_order=DESC, dedupes by albumId on the way down, stops when the song stream crosses into lossy (bitDepth==0) or the server runs out of rows. _filters has no operators on quality columns, so a sort + walk is the only path; equality on sample_rate / bit_depth probes returned empty (verified). The page paginates through the song-cursor with an in-flight ref so overlapping IntersectionObserver fires don't double-add albums, plus a cancelled flag so React StrictMode's double-mount doesn't apply two parallel result sets in dev. Suffix allowlist excludes ambiguous wrappers — m4a/m4b can be ALAC *or* AAC and Navidrome's response carries an empty codec field, so we can't tell them apart; same story for wma. Allowlist is flac, wav, aiff/aif, dsf/dff, ape, wv, shn, tta — containers that are only lossless. ALAC-in-m4a setups will miss out, acceptable trade-off without a reliable codec field. Status: WIP. Settings home-customizer label and en.ts strings landed, no other locales yet, no quality badge on AlbumCards across the rest of the app, no CHANGELOG. Branch was 'feat/home-hires-rail' during the earlier hi-res-only iteration before the lossless broadening. * wip(home): Lossless page header parity + streaming + sidebar nav Page header now mirrors All Albums: selection mode with three action buttons (Enqueue Selected, Add Offline, Download ZIPs) wired to the same handlers Albums.tsx uses, selection-counter title swap, and the perfFlags.disableMainstageStickyHeader respect path. Filters were intentionally skipped — the rail is sorted by bit_depth, mixing client- side filters with server-driven pagination would produce gaps. Loading feels noticeably faster: ndListLosslessAlbumsPage takes an optional onProgress callback that fires once per internal fetch with the entries discovered in that fetch, so the page can stream new albums into state instead of waiting on the whole loadMore. Page-side budget dropped from 5×200 to 2×100 songs per loadMore (~1 MB worst case vs 5 MB before), since the rail's catch-em-all pass is wrong for infinite-scroll UX. Subtitle under the page title primes the user that this is slower than other album pages because Psysonic walks the song catalog by quality (Navidrome ignores _fields, so per-song responses ship with lyrics + tags + participants whether we want them or not). Sidebar nav entry registered under 'losslessAlbums' with a Gem icon, defaults to visible:false (matches composers / folderBrowser / deviceSync — niche browsing modes). Existing users get the entry appended at the end of their persisted sidebar list automatically via the onRehydrateStorage merge that sidebarStore already runs for new DEFAULT_SIDEBAR_ITEMS. i18n: full coverage across all 8 locales for sidebar.losslessAlbums, home.losslessAlbums, losslessAlbums.empty, losslessAlbums.unsupported and the new losslessAlbums.slowFetchHint subtitle. ru/zh are machine-translation quality, flagged for a polish pass. * feat(home): default Lossless sidebar entry to visible Flips the DEFAULT_SIDEBAR_ITEMS entry for `losslessAlbums` from false to true. Existing installs keep whatever the user has in persisted storage; fresh installs see the entry in the sidebar from the start. Earlier wip commit defaulted it off (matched composers / folderBrowser / deviceSync as a niche browse mode), but the rail + page do show something useful for any library with at least one FLAC/WAV/etc. album, so off-by-default just hid the feature. * docs: changelog entry for PR #506 Logs the Lossless Albums rail + page + sidebar entry in v1.46.0 "## Added". * docs(settings): contributor entry for PR #506 Adds the Lossless Albums rail/page bullet to Psychotoxical's contributions list.
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.
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 |
Psysonic supports 8 languages and growing.
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
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.