# ciderapp/Cider

🎵  Source code for Cider 1

Repository: https://github.com/ciderapp/Cider
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cider
Homepage: https://cider.sh
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: applemusic, electron, cider, apple-music
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-12-10T16:07:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1748, "days_push": 631, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7141, forks 385 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.177240+00:00)

## What it is
Cider 1 is the archived source code for a cross-platform Apple Music client built with Electron, Vue.js 2, and Webpack. It offered a customizable music listening experience with integrations like Discord and Last.fm, audio enhancements, and a plugin system, but is no longer maintained in favor of Cider v2+.

## Use cases
- listen to apple music on windows, mac, or linux
- apple music client with discord rich presence
- customize my apple music app with themes and plugins
- scrobble apple music plays to last.fm
- spatial audio and equalizer for apple music
- control apple music playback remotely

## When to choose
- you want to study or fork the legacy v1 codebase
- you need a self-compiled Apple Music client and cannot use official builds
- you specifically depend on v1 features or plugins

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained Apple Music client - use Cider v2 or later instead
- you expect bug fixes, security updates, or support
- you want first-party prebuilt binaries for v1

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, audio-processing, plugin-system
- domain: media, entertainment, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: apple-music, music-client, vue, archived, discord-rpc, lastfm, audio-enhancements, electron, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- ciderapp/Cider (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.177240+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 2026-08-29T17:40:01.876573+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ciderapp/Cider (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.177240+00:00, sha 7d5f447a433d)
  - homepage: https://cider.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:48.443075+00:00, sha 2a23e920455d)
  - site_page: https://cider.sh/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:48.455821+00:00, sha 5e6578df2348)
  - site_page: https://cider.sh/changelogs/4.0.0 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:48.452232+00:00, sha ec3a67805753)
  - site_page: https://cider.sh/changelogs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:48.454048+00:00, sha 4c9af9f1ab82)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.