Frank Stellmacher
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* feat(home): "Because you listened" recommendation rail New Home rail (under Recently Added, default on, toggleable in Settings → Personalisation → Home Page) that surfaces 3 albums from artists similar to one of your top-played artists. Anchor rotates per Home mount so a different top-artist seeds the recommendations each visit; within each anchor, both the similar-artist subset and the chosen album per artist are randomised, so the same anchor returns different picks on subsequent visits. Card layout matches the regular Album cards' surface (--bg-card with accent-tinted border + 1px inset top highlight) and gets the same Play / Enqueue hover overlay buttons. Cover and meta scale via CSS only — no infinite animations, no filter/blur/transform, no compositing layers. Grid wraps below 3-up at <400px card width instead of shrinking. API budget: one getArtistInfo2 + 6 parallel getArtist calls per Home mount, both reusing the existing mostPlayed payload to derive the anchor pool (no extra API call to find top artists). All 8 locales seeded. * fix(home): ru plurals + per-server anchor + narrower card grid - ru: add _few / _many for becauseYouLikeTracks (CLDR Russian needs 4 forms — 3 треков was wrong, now 3 трека). - Anchor rotation memory is now per-server. The localStorage key becomes psysonic_because_anchor:<serverId>; switching servers no longer aliases server A's rotation onto server B's pool. - because-card grid minmax(400px, 1fr) -> minmax(340px, 1fr) so two cards fit side by side at typical sidebar-expanded widths instead of collapsing to a single card per row. * docs: CHANGELOG + Contributors entry for Because-you-listened rail (PR #489) * style(home): blurred cover backdrop + centred layout for Because-cards - Each Because-card renders the album cover as a blurred, low-opacity full-bleed background layer behind the existing cover thumb and text. Resolved through useCachedUrl so the cache layer feeds it (same key as the thumbnail) instead of a fresh salted URL on every render. - Card content (cover thumb + text block) now centred horizontally and vertically within the card; the meta line lives in a small pill that sits centred under the artist row. - Text contrast halo and meta-pill background are theme-aware via color-mix on var(--bg-card) / var(--text-primary), so the same rules read on dark and light themes (was hard-coded rgba black before and smudged the type on Latte / Nord Snowstorm).
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.