kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 86
- Release rhythm 55
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3843
- days_rel: 84
- days_push: 84
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
19252 stars · 775 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Background Music is a macOS audio utility that runs as a system audio device, offering per-application volume control, automatic pausing of music players when other audio plays, and system audio recording. It is written in C++ and Objective-C and installs without a restart.
Use cases
- automatically pause spotify when another app plays audio
- set volume per application on mac
- boost quiet apps above max volume
- record system audio on macos with quicktime
- record system audio and microphone together
- control individual app volumes on mac
When to choose
- you're on macOS and want per-app volume control or volume boosting
- you want your music player to auto-pause during other audio
- you need to capture system audio for recordings
When to avoid
- you're on Windows or Linux
- you need a production-stable tool (it's still in alpha)
- you need advanced audio editing or mixing features
Facets
application · maturity experimental
audio-processing operating-systems developer-tools audio-utility system-audio volume-control auto-pause audio-recording audio macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic · fetched 2026-08-28 · 497b73a4c39e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic | main | 78 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic")
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