TEtentacleuno·Aug 19, 2026Submission
Supersonic, a cross-platform Subsonic client
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supersonic
A lightweight and full-featured cross-platform desktop client for self-hosted music servers
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8 sourcesI tried this (among a bunch of others) about a year ago and landed on Gonic[1] for the server and Supersonic[2] on PC and Amperfy[3] on mobile. Yes it's a few different tools to maintain (plus beets etc), but it's the ideal set of features etc for me.
Self-hosting has been fun and I've started experimenting with local LLMs to build playlists which is helping discoverability.. or more /rediscovering/ artists that I haven't listened to in a while
[1] https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/
[2] https://github.com/dweymouth/supersonic
[3] https://github.com/BLeeEZ/amperfy
In Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming serverSupersonic -- amazingly-good Subsonic client for the desktop. I've gone through... way too many Subsonic clients, and I just can't find one that beats Supersonic; my only complaint is that, for some reason, MPRIS can be intermittent.
The developer's also like... super responsive on GitHub, and frequently pushes updates to make it better. Great stuff! :-)
https://github.com/dweymouth/supersonic
In Ask HN: What's your favorite everyday app or product?Navidrome + Play:Sub on ios and the awesome supersonic for the desktop (https://github.com/dweymouth/supersonic). This is the way.
Prior to this, take some time to tag your files with Musicbrainz Picard.
In Plex Accounts Getting DisabledHave you tried my client (github.com/dweymouth/supersonic)? I started this for a similar reason last year - I'm curious to hear your feedback, and if you were interested in contributing I'd love some more help!
In Navidrome: Open-Source Software to enjoy your music collection from anywhereNavidrome is absolutely brilliant. It works very well for accessing my library; the configuration options (env vars) also give me loads of customizability.
P.S. a well-known secret is Supersonic[0]. It's an excellent cross-platform Subsonic client (which works with Navidrome!). It's not Electron-based, either. Much like Navidrome, I've had absolutely no issues with it. Love it.
P.P.S. My music library is around 400GB, and Navidrome has never had any issues with it.
[0]: https://github.com/dweymouth/supersonic
In Navidrome: Open-Source Software to enjoy your music collection from anywhereHave you tried Supersonic? https://github.com/dweymouth/supersonic
In I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my musicShow HN: Supersonic: a desktop client for Subsonic music servers built with Go
For the past several months I've been working on a new cross-platform desktop client for self-hosted Subsonic music servers. The second alpha release was just published yesterday! Built with Go and the Fyne UI toolkit, and using libmpv as an audio backend, Supersonic supports high quality gapless playback of pretty much every audio format, and is fast and lightweight on resources. It also features infinite scrolling through albums.
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