# EragonJ/Kaku

🎧 Kaku is a highly integrated music player supports different online platform like YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo and more. Available on Mac, Windows and Linux.

Repository: https://github.com/EragonJ/Kaku
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/eragonj-kaku
Homepage: https://kaku.rocks
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: kaku, vimeo, soundcloud, javascript, music, music-player, youtube, linux, mac, windows, player
Last push: 2020-10-03T09:26:52+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": 4215, "days_push": 2160, "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 1084, forks 103 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:31.392050+00:00)

## What it is
Kaku is an open-source desktop music player that aggregates streaming from online platforms like YouTube, SoundCloud, and Vimeo. It is built with web technologies and ships installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

## Use cases
- play music from youtube in a desktop app
- listen to soundcloud tracks without the browser
- search and stream songs from multiple online sources
- cross-platform music player for mac windows and linux
- organize playlists from different streaming platforms

## When to choose
- you want a free open-source player aggregating YouTube, SoundCloud, and Vimeo
- you need one music app across Windows, macOS, and Linux

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates
- you only need local file playback rather than online streaming
- you require offline playback or DRM-protected services like Spotify

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: audio-processing, gui, developer-tools
- domain: media, entertainment, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: music-player, youtube, soundcloud, vimeo, electron, streaming-audio, javascript, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- EragonJ/Kaku (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.392050+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 2026-08-30T06:49:57.262963+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/EragonJ/Kaku (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.392050+00:00, sha 6229f5c4c3d0)
  - homepage: https://kaku.rocks (fetched 2026-08-29T12:52:44.403281+00:00, sha 18f4c60d32c1)
  - site_page: https://kaku.rocks/docs/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:52:44.412537+00:00, sha d96d2bfe3a0b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.