GitHub - strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry: :strawberry: Strawberry Music Player

3 min read Original article ↗

Sponsor Patreon PayPal

Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer, originally forked from Clementine in 2018. It’s written in C++ using the Qt framework, designed for audiophiles and music collectors.

Screenshot of Strawberry Music Player

🌐 Resources

⚠️ Opening an Issue

Before creating a new GitHub issue:

  1. Read the FAQ.
  2. Search existing issues to avoid duplicates. If one already exists, comment there with any additional information.
  3. Use the forum for technical problems, discussions or feature suggestions — it’s better suited for back-and-forth conversation.
  4. Feature requests are not accepted on GitHub. Issues created for feature requests will be closed. You can still discuss ideas on the forum.
  5. Flatpak users: We do not maintain the Flatpak package. Report Flatpak-specific issues via Flatpak support.

💰 Sponsoring

Strawberry is free software released under the GPL. If you enjoy using it, please consider supporting development through sponsorship or donation.

Sponsorship options:

  1. Patreon
  2. GitHub
  3. Ko-fi
  4. PayPal

Supporting open-source developers helps ensure continued maintenance and improvements.

✅ Features

  • Play and organize your music collection
  • Support for WAV, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, WavPack, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Ogg Speex, MPC, TrueAudio, AIFF, MP4/AAC, ALAC, MP3, ASF, Monkey’s Audio, and DSD (DSF/DSDIFF)
  • Bit-perfect playback on Linux
  • MPRIS2 / D-Bus remote control on Linux
  • Native desktop notifications
  • Advanced playlist management
  • Smart and dynamic playlists
  • Audio analyzer, equalizer, moodbar, and waveform seek bar
  • Volume normalization with ReplayGain and EBU R128 loudness analysis
  • Editing tags, and fetching missing tags via acoustic fingerprinting using AcoustID and MusicBrainz
  • Album cover art from: Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Discogs, Musixmatch, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify
  • Lyrics from: Genius, Musixmatch, lyrics.ovh, songlyrics, azlyrics, elyrics, letras and lrclib.net
  • Audio format conversion (transcoding) to MP3, AAC, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Speex, WavPack, and ASF
  • Music transfer to USB, MTP and iPod devices
  • Scrobbling to Last.fm, ListenBrainz, and Subsonic
  • Global keyboard shortcuts (Linux, macOS, and Windows)
  • Discord Rich Presence
  • Audio CD playback
  • Internet radio from Radio Paradise, SomaFM, Radio Browser, and custom streams
  • Streaming from Subsonic-compatible servers
  • Unofficial Tidal, Spotify, and Qobuz integration

✅ Tested on Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows.

Note: macOS and Windows releases are currently available to sponsors only. A monthly sponsorship via Patreon grants direct access to new releases.

⚙️ Requirements

To build Strawberry from source, you’ll need:

Dependencies:

Dependencies for optional features:

Also install GStreamer plugins base, good, and optionally bad, ugly and libav for full codec support.

🔧 Build from Source

Get the code:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry

Build and install:

cd strawberry
cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build --parallel $(nproc)
sudo cmake --install build

For building on Windows with Visual Studio 2022, see: 👉 https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry-msvc-build-tools

📦 Packaging status

Packaging status