https://github.com/taiko2k/tauon

The music player of today! :city_sunrise:
https://github.com/taiko2k/tauon

audio desktop-app flac flatpak linux linux-app linux-desktop mp3 music music-library music-player player windows

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The music player of today! :city_sunrise:

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/taiko2k/tauon
• Owner: Taiko2k
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2016-02-17T02:11:56.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2026-04-22T23:56:12.000Z (4 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-04-23T01:30:42.010Z (4 days ago)
• Topics: audio, desktop-app, flac, flatpak, linux, linux-app, linux-desktop, mp3, music, music-library, music-player, player, windows
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://tauonmusicbox.rocks
• Size: 162 MB
• Stars: 2,605
• Watchers: 31
• Forks: 115
• Open Issues: 270
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE
  • Agents: AGENTS.md

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README

          



## Tauon

**A music player for the desktop.** Designed to be powerful and streamlined, putting the user in control of their music collection.



## Features :sparkles:

  - Fast, comfortable and responsive UI.

  - Support for **gapless playback**.

  - Import tracks and create playlists by simple **drag and drop**.

  - Supports most common codecs and tracker file types.

  - Seamless support for CUE sheets.

  - Stream music from your **PLEX**, **Jellyfin** or **Airsonic** server.

  - Large album art and gallery browsing!

  - Download cover art function.

  - Keep track of play counts. Visualise these so you always know which tracks were your favorite.

  - Shortcuts for searching artists on *Rate Your Music* and tracks on *Genius*.

  - Built-in topchart generator.

  - **Extract archives** and import your music downloads in **one click**! :zap:

## Download and Install :dizzy:

[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/tauon-music-box.svg?exclude_unsupported=1)](https://repology.org/project/tauon-music-box/versions)

### macOS

For macOS DMG see the [releases](https://github.com/Taiko2k/TauonMusicBox/releases) page.

### Windows

For Windows installer see the [releases](https://github.com/Taiko2k/TauonMusicBox/releases) page.

### Linux

Installation is available on [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/tauon-music-box/). Tauon is also available on Flathub, and portable binaries are published on the [releases](https://github.com/Taiko2k/Tauon/releases) page.



Flatpak uses sandboxing, see [here](https://github.com/Taiko2k/TauonMusicBox/wiki/Sandboxing-Quirks) for notes.

There is also a 3rd party AppImage available [here](https://github.com/domesya/Tauon-AppImage).

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I highly recommend reading the Tauon [manual](https://tauonmusicbox.rocks/manual/overview/).

Feel free to submit any issues you encounter.

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