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Spotifast is a native Spotify desktop client written in Rust with egui for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It uses librespot for local playback and Spotify Connect, without bundling a browser engine, and provides access to playlists, Liked Songs, saved albums, followed artists, podcasts, episodes, search, lyrics, playlist editing, Spotify links, and queue controls. Playback supports gapless audio, up to 320 kbps, optional volume normalization, an on-disk audio cache, device transfer and control, and network discovery of compatible Spotify Connect receivers. The application also includes a Winamp mini player with classic skins, a ten-band equalizer, projectM MilkDrop visualizations, system-tray operation, keyboard shortcuts, and platform integration such as MPRIS on Linux and command-line controls. Spotifast typically uses 100–250 MB of RAM according to its README and starts in under a second. Playback on the computer requires Spotify Premium; free accounts can browse and search but cannot play music through the app. It is distributed through packages and downloads including AUR, Homebrew, Flatpak, and source builds, and is licensed under the MIT License.

Spotish is an unofficial native desktop client for Spotify built with NSH, a Rust-based native UI framework. It runs Spotify's web player out of sight in an installed Chromium-based browser and drives it through the Chrome DevTools Protocol, while a bridge inside the player reads its data, reports playback state, and triggers controls. The interface is rendered natively and includes a sidebar, player bar, Now Playing view, library, search, and collection pages. It supports free and Premium Spotify accounts on macOS, Linux, and Windows, with playback requiring a supported browser and Spotify account. Spotify Free playback follows the web player's shuffle and advertising rules; Spotish does not block or skip ads. A terminal interface uses the same engine, while the web, iOS, and Android builds are demos using sample data. The project is distributed under the Apache-2.0 license.

Salt Player is a multi-platform local music playback app developed by Moriafly. Its official repository is used for Android package releases, issue tracking, feedback, and announcements; Android support requires version 6.0 or later and includes arm64-v8a and armeabi-v7a packages. The project also provides a Windows version and related open-source components, including Salt UI for Compose Multiplatform and Media Kit for Android media services and notification management.

Personal Drive is a self-hosted alternative to Google Drive and Dropbox for storing, browsing, previewing, and sharing files from a server under the operator's control. It supports recursive uploads of files and folders, drag-and-drop, indexed files, thumbnails, mobile-responsive layouts, text and Markdown editing, and browser previews or playback for images, video, audio, HTML, text, PDFs, and slideshows. Audiobook playback can save the current position and provide rewind controls. Files can be shared through password-protected links, expiration dates, custom URLs, or direct downloads, with a control panel for pausing and deleting shares. The application also provides favorites, sorting, folder navigation, duplicate detection, upload progress and cancellation, optional unauthenticated access, reverse-proxy configuration, and TOTP-based two-factor authentication. Upload protection can create client-side AES-256-encrypted ZIP files. The project is built with Laravel 11, React, Inertia.js, PHP, and SQLite. It can be installed using Docker or a guided setup script and requires a PHP web server, SQLite, Composer, Node.js, npm, and writable application directories.

Spun is a source-available music player for Linux that presents album artwork through CD, vinyl, cassette, and TP-7-inspired recorder interfaces. It plays local music and can browse YouTube Music anonymously, connect to Jellyfin, Navidrome, or Subsonic servers, and control Apple Music through a running Cider instance. Its player provides shared playback controls, queues, album details, lyrics, seeking, mini mode, desktop media controls, and optional modeled 3D views with lighting based on Noctalia's wallpaper palette. The application supports local imports without copying or modifying the original music files, separate queues for its supported sources, and an optional TX-6-style mixer for local, YouTube, Jellyfin, or Subsonic audio. YouTube support uses an isolated Python helper based on ytmusicapi and yt-dlp; Cider connectivity uses its local API and handles Apple Music authentication and streaming. The mixer performs EQ, delay, compression, and channel mixing inside Spun, but does not support external USB hardware, recording, MIDI, or separate auxiliary outputs. Spun is built from source with CMake, Ninja, Qt 6.8 or later, and TagLib 2.0 or later; Qt Quick 3D is optional. The repository states that there is no packaged installer yet. Its original code and assets are distributed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, which is source-available and not OSI-approved.