Show HN: A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware

Category: other

Tags: audio-player, rockbox, music-server, multi-room, rust, zig, mpd, airplay, snapcast, squeezelite

Score: 7.8/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

A modern reimplementation of the Rockbox audio engine in Rust and Zig, exposing its full playback capabilities through gRPC, GraphQL, HTTP, and MPD APIs, with multi-room audio support via AirPlay, Snapcast, and Squeezelite. Its innovative combination of a legacy embedded firmware engine with modern protocols and multi-room synchronization makes it a powerful, extensible music server.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, audio enthusiasts

Repository: https://github.com/tsirysndr/rockbox-zig · C · GPL-2.0 · 106 stars

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