Simple and user-friendly music player with a sleek GUI built with web technologies
What’s new in Museeks 0.12.0:
- UI improvements:
- New dark mode: darker, with higher contrast
- Old dark theme still available (called Dark (legacy))
- Some elements not themed are now themed when using dark mode (selects, inputs…)
In today’s world of streaming services, local audio/music players are somewhat of a dying breed. Be that as it may, that’s not to say that “classic” players are useless, and having a good one can definitely make the whole music listening experience better.
Museeks is a modern, cross-platform, and open-source audio player. It’s built using Node.js, Electron, and React.js, and has pretty much all the basic features one can expect from such a tool.
All about simplicity
Even from the first couple of seconds of using Museeks, it’s quite clear that this is an app designed to be very approachable. Its GUI is clean and polished, without going over the top when it comes to design.
All this means that no matter who you are, you’ll be able to access the app’s main features with ease. The three main sections of the app are Library, Playlists, and Settings, all accessible from the lower-left corner of the main window.
You won’t find many advanced features
Museeks is not what one might call an advanced player. It doesn’t have advanced features (equalizers, and other similar tools), even though you are provided with a few options when it comes to tweaking the play rate (playback speed control) and the GUI (dark theme, status bar integration, default view, and so forth).
Interestingly enough, the app does provide support for shuffle and loop, playlist import and export (.m3u), as well as a decent queue management system. the last noteworthy feature is the fact that Museeks can also override your system’s sleep options. In short, it can prevent your computer from going to sleep while listening to music.
Verdict
While not exactly something worthy of writing home about in terms of both features and looks, Museeks gets the job done. It’s a modern, simple, and very approachable music/audio player that doesn’t try to appear something more than it is.
