# audacious-media-player/audacious

A lightweight and versatile audio player

Repository: https://github.com/audacious-media-player/audacious
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/audacious
Homepage: https://audacious-media-player.org
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-20T16:49:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5384, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 87, "gap_med": 53, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1238, forks 153 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:05.451770+00:00)

## What it is
Audacious is a lightweight, open-source audio player descended from XMMS that focuses on high audio quality and low resource usage. It supports many audio formats, offers GTK, Qt, and Winamp-skin interfaces, and is extensible through a modular plugin system.

## Use cases
- play music files with a lightweight desktop audio player
- play music with Winamp 2 skins and classic interface
- apply equalizer and audio effects to music playback
- listen to gapless playback with ReplayGain support
- stream internet radio and play CDs
- manage and edit custom music playlists
- extend an audio player with plugins like lyrics and visualizations

## When to choose
- you want a fast, low-resource music player on Linux, BSD, macOS, or Windows
- you want Winamp-style skins or a choice of GTK/Qt interfaces
- you need gapless playback, ReplayGain, and an equalizer
- you want a plugin-extensible player with playlist management

## When to avoid
- you need a full music library manager with metadata tagging and syncing
- you want a modern streaming-service-oriented player
- you need a mobile or web-based player

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: audio-processing, plugin-system
- domain: media, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, bsd, cross-platform
- tags: audio-player, music-player, winamp-skins, gtk, qt, equalizer, gapless-playback, replaygain, mpcis, xmms-descendant, audio, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- audacious-media-player/audacious (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:05.451770+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 2026-08-30T05:10:02.526174+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/audacious-media-player/audacious (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:05.451770+00:00, sha c0e4cab13996)
  - homepage: https://audacious-media-player.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:49.633766+00:00, sha 91eac343a463)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.