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-# 🎵 Swing Music Extended
+
+

+
+Swing Music
-A powerful, self-hosted music streaming backend with comprehensive features and modern architecture.
+v2.1.0
+
+**[Download](https://swingmx.com/downloads) • [Get Android Client](https://github.com/swingmx/android) •
Sponsor Us ❤️ • [Docs](https://swingmx.com/guide/introduction.html) • [Screenshots](https://swingmx.com) • [r/SwingMusicApp](https://www.reddit.com/r/SwingMusicApp)
**
-## ✨ Features
+##
-### Core Functionality
-- **Multi-format Audio Support** - MP3, FLAC, OGG, WAV, and more
-- **Smart Metadata Management** - Automatic tagging and normalization
-- **Advanced Search** - Full-text search across tracks, albums, and artists
-- **Playlist Management** - Create, edit, and organize playlists
-- **User Management** - Multi-user support with authentication
-- **Folder Browsing** - Navigate your music library by directory structure
+[](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swing-opensource/swingmusic/master/.github/images/artist.webp)
-### Enhanced Features
-- **Spotify Integration** - Import playlists and metadata from Spotify
-- **Universal Downloader** - Download from multiple streaming services
-- **Audio Quality Dashboard** - Monitor and control audio quality settings
-- **Mobile Offline Support** - Sync music for offline listening
-- **Music Catalog Browser** - Advanced library exploration
-- **Recap Features** - Year-end listening statistics and insights
-- **Real-time Updates** - Track system changes and updates
+##
-### API & Services
-- **RESTful API** - Complete REST API for all features
-- **WebSocket Support** - Real-time updates and notifications
-- **Advanced Analytics** - Comprehensive listening statistics
-- **Lyrics Integration** - Fetch and display lyrics
-- **Last.fm Scrobbling** - Automatic scrobbling support
+Swing Music is a fast and beautiful, self-hosted music player for your local audio files. Like a cooler Spotify ... but bring your own music. Just run the app and enjoy your music library in a web browser.
-## 📦 Client Applications
+## Features
-This repository includes client applications as submodules:
+- **Daily Mixes** - curated everyday based on your listening activity
+- **Metadata normalization** - a clean and consistent library
+- **Album versioning** - normalized albums and association with version labels (eg. Deluxe, Remaster, etc)
+- **Related artist and albums**
+- **Folder view** - Browse your music library by folders
+- **Playlist management**
+- **Beautiful browser based UI**
+- **Silence detection** - Combine cross-fade with silence detection to create a seamless listening experience
+- **Collections** - Group albums and artists based on your preferences
+- **Statistics** - Get insights into your listening activity
+- **Lyrics view**
+- **Android client**
+- **Last.fm scrobbling**
+- **Multi-user support**
+- **Cross-platform** - Windows, Linux, MacOS (coming soon), arm64, x86
+- **Blazingly fast**
+- **Pure awesomeness**
-### 📱 Mobile App
-**[swingmusic-android](./swingmusic-android)** - Android mobile application
-- Modern Android app with Material Design 3
-- Offline music support
-- Cross-platform music streaming
+### Installation
-### 🖥️ Desktop App
-**[swingmusic-desktop](./swingmusic-desktop)** - Cross-platform desktop application
-- Built with Tauri (Rust + Web)
-- Native performance with web UI
-- Windows, macOS, and Linux support
+Swing Music is available as pre-compiled binaries for Windows and Linux. Just download the latest release from the [downloads page](https://swingmusic.vercel.app/downloads) and launch it.
-### 🌐 Web Client
-**[swingmusic-webclient](./swingmusic-webclient)** - Web-based client application
-- Modern web interface
-- Browser-based music streaming
-- Responsive design
+[FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) is needed for the audio silence skip feature, so you need to install it first. On windows, you can follows [this tutorial](https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ffmpeg-windows) to install FFmpeg.
-## 🚀 Quick Start
+On Linux, you can install FFmpeg using:
-### Backend Setup
-
-```bash
-# Clone the repository
-git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Dvorinka/swingmusic-extended.git
-cd swingmusic-extended
-
-# Install dependencies
-uv sync
-
-# Start the server
-uv run python run.py
+```sh
+sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libev-dev libavcodec-extra -y
```
-### Docker Setup
+The `libev` package is needed on Linux and MacOS. You can install it on other system as shown:
+
+```sh
+# Arch Linux
+pacman -S libev
+
+# Fedora, CentOS
+dnf install libev-devel
+
+# MacOS
+brew install libev
+```
+
+Then make the file executable first.
```bash
-# Pull the image
-docker pull ghcr.io/Dvorinka/swingmusic-extended:latest
+chmod a+x ./swingmusic
-# Run with Docker
-docker run --name swingmusic \
- -p 1970:1970 \
+./swingmusic
+```
+
+The app should start at by default. Open it in your browser to configure and use Swing Music. You can change the default port by using the `--port` flag.
+
+```sh
+./swingmusic --port 1980
+```
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> The default password for user `admin` is "admin". Please change the password via the settings after first login.
+
+To stream your music from your Android device, you can download the [Android mobile client](https://github.com/swingmx/android).
+
+### Options
+
+Options flags can be passed when starting the app in the terminal to tweak runtime settings or perform tasks. You can use the `-h` flag to see all supported options.
+
+> [!TIP]
+> You can read more about options in [the docs](https://swingmusic.vercel.app/guide/getting-started.html#options).
+
+### Docker
+
+Pull the latest Docker image and run it:
+
+```sh
+docker pull ghcr.io/swingmx/swingmusic:latest
+```
+
+```sh
+docker run --name swingmusic -p 1970:1970 \
-v /path/to/music:/music \
-v /path/to/config:/config \
--restart unless-stopped \
- ghcr.io/Dvorinka/swingmusic-extended:latest
+ ghcr.io/swingmx/swingmusic:latest
```
-### Client Applications
+Don't forget to replace `/path/to/music` and `/path/to/config` with the appropriate values. In addition, specify the the `/music` directory as the root directory. Using the `Home Directory` option won't work.
-```bash
-# Navigate to specific client
-cd swingmusic-android # or swingmusic-desktop or swingmusic-webclient
+> [!TIP]
+> For more info, see the [Docker section](https://swingmusic.vercel.app/guide/getting-started.html#docker) on the docs.
-# Follow client-specific setup instructions in each README
-```
+#### Using Docker Compose
-### Docker Compose
+Here's a sample Docker compose file:
```yaml
services:
swingmusic:
- image: ghcr.io/Dvorinka/swingmusic-extended:latest
+ image: ghcr.io/swingmx/swingmusic:latest
container_name: swingmusic
volumes:
- /path/to/music:/music
@@ -105,163 +124,122 @@ services:
restart: unless-stopped
```
-## 📖 Documentation
+### Contributing and Development
-- **API Documentation**: Available at `/api/docs` when running
-- **Configuration Guide**: See `docs/` directory
-- **Development Setup**: See contributing guidelines
+Swing Music is looking for contributors. If you're interested, please join us at the [Swing Music Community](https://t.me/+9n61PFcgKhozZDE0) group on Telegram. For more information, take a look at https://github.com/swing-opensource/swingmusic/issues/186.
-## 🔧 Configuration
+[**CONTRIBUTING GUIDELINES**](.github/contributing.md).
-The application starts on `http://localhost:1970` by default.
+> [!TIP]
+> This project runs on Python 3.11 or newer and uses [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv) to manage dependencies. Please [install uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) before continuing for an easy setup.
-Default credentials:
-- Username: `admin`
-- Password: `admin`
+To set up this project on your computer follow the following steps:
-> ⚠️ **Important**: Change the default password after first login.
+```sh
+# 1. Fork the project
-### Environment Variables
-- `PORT` - Server port (default: 1970)
-- `HOST` - Server host (default: 0.0.0.0)
-- `DEBUG` - Enable debug mode (default: false)
+git clone https://github.com/swingmx/swingmusic.git
-## 🛠️ Development
+# or via SSH
-### Setup Development Environment
-
-```bash
-# Clone and setup
-git clone https://github.com/Dvorinka/swingmusic-extended.git
-cd swingmusic-extended
-
-# Install development dependencies
-uv sync --dev
-
-# Run in development mode
-uv run python run.py --debug
+git clone git@github.com:swingmx/swingmusic.git
```
-### Running Tests
+```sh
+# 2. Install dependencies
-```bash
-# Run all tests
-uv run pytest
-
-# Run with coverage
-uv run pytest --cov=src
-
-# Run specific test file
-uv run pytest tests/test_api.py
+uv sync
```
-## 📊 Architecture
+> [!TIP]
+> The `libev` package is needed on Linux and MacOS. You can install it on other system as shown:
+>
+> ```sh
+> # Arch Linux
+> pacman -S libev
+>
+> # Fedora, CentOS
+> dnf install libev-devel
+>
+> # MacOS
+> brew install libev
+> ```
-### Backend Services
-- **Flask/FastAPI** - Web framework and API server
-- **SQLAlchemy** - Database ORM and migrations
-- **Redis** - Caching and session management
-- **Celery** - Background task processing
-- **FFmpeg** - Audio processing and transcoding
+```sh
+# 4. Run the program
-### Database
-- **SQLite** (default) - Single-user deployments
-- **PostgreSQL** (recommended) - Multi-user production
-- **MySQL** - Alternative production database
-
-### File Structure
-```
-src/swingmusic/
-├── api/ # API endpoints and routes
-├── db/ # Database models and migrations
-├── services/ # Business logic and services
-├── utils/ # Utility functions
-├── migrations/ # Database migration files
-└── logs/ # Application logs
+uv run python run.py
```
-## 🔌 API Endpoints
+### License
-### Authentication
-- `POST /api/auth/login` - User authentication
-- `POST /api/auth/logout` - User logout
-- `GET /api/auth/profile` - User profile
+This software is provided to you with terms stated in the [AGPLv3 License](https://github.com/swingmx/swingmusic/blob/master/LICENSE) or any later version. Read the full text in the `LICENSE` file located at the root of this repository.
-### Music Library
-- `GET /api/tracks` - List tracks
-- `GET /api/albums` - List albums
-- `GET /api/artists` - List artists
-- `GET /api/search` - Search library
+### Contributors
-### Enhanced Features
-- `GET /api/spotify/search` - Spotify search
-- `POST /api/download/universal` - Universal downloader
-- `GET /api/analytics/dashboard` - Analytics data
-- `GET /api/lyrics/{track_id}` - Track lyrics
+Shout out to the following code contributors who have helped maintain and improve Swing Music:
-## 🐳 Deployment
-
-### Production Deployment
-
-1. **Environment Setup**
- ```bash
- export PORT=1970
- export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost/swingmusic
- export REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
- ```
-
-2. **Database Migration**
- ```bash
- uv run flask db upgrade
- ```
-
-3. **Start Application**
- ```bash
- uv run gunicorn -w 4 -b 0.0.0.0:1970 "swingmusic:create_app()"
- ```
-
-### Systemd Service
-
-```ini
-[Unit]
-Description=SwingMusic
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-User=swingmusic
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/swingmusic
-ExecStart=/opt/swingmusic/venv/bin/python run.py
-Restart=always
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-```
-
-## 🤝 Contributing
-
-1. Fork the repository
-2. Create a feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`)
-3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'`)
-4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`)
-5. Open a Pull Request
-
-### Development Guidelines
-- Follow PEP 8 for Python code
-- Write tests for new features
-- Update documentation
-- Use meaningful commit messages
-
-## 📄 License
-
-This project is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
-
-## 🔗 Links
-
-- **Web Client**: [swingmusic-extended-webclient](https://github.com/Dvorinka/swingmusic-extended-webclient)
-- **Desktop App**: [swingmusic-extended-desktop](https://github.com/Dvorinka/swingmusic-extended-desktop)
-- **Android App**: [swingmusic-extended-android](https://github.com/Dvorinka/swingmusic-extended-android)
-
----
-
-**Built with ❤️ for the music community**
+