# DIYgod/APlayer

:lollipop: Wow, such a beautiful HTML5 music player

Repository: https://github.com/DIYgod/APlayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aplayer
Homepage: http://aplayer.js.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: aplayer, music, player, html, html5
Last push: 2024-02-23T16:58:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3945, "days_push": 922, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7705, forks 1056 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.509680+00:00)

## What it is
APlayer is a beautiful, lightweight HTML5 music player library for the web, supporting playlists, lyrics display, and multiple media formats. It is distributed via npm and integrates with blogs and frameworks through community plugins for WordPress, Hexo, Vue, React, and more.

## Use cases
- embed an audio player on a website
- add a music playlist with lyrics to a blog
- play mp3 files in the browser with a nice UI
- add background music to a static site
- display synced lyrics while playing audio

## When to choose
- you want an attractive, ready-made HTML5 audio player with playlist and lyrics support
- you need a lightweight drop-in player for a blog or CMS
- you want framework integrations like Vue, React, or WordPress plugins

## When to avoid
- you need video playback or advanced streaming features
- you require a fully customizable player you can restyle from scratch
- you need active feature development - the project is largely in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: audio-processing, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: media, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: html5-audio, music-player, playlist, lyrics, javascript, audio, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- DIYgod/APlayer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.509680+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:35:26.931851+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DIYgod/APlayer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.509680+00:00, sha 30b827483fff)
  - homepage: http://aplayer.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:45.407924+00:00, sha 715bef2a5361)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/aplayer (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:45.417122+00:00, sha 04db2c25d449)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.