# muhku/FreeStreamer

A low-memory footprint streaming audio player for iOS and OS X

Repository: https://github.com/muhku/FreeStreamer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freestreamer
Homepage: http://muhku.github.io/FreeStreamer/
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-08-02T15:38:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5447, "days_push": 2222, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2094, forks 426 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:13.108736+00:00)

## What it is
FreeStreamer is an Objective-C streaming audio player library for iOS and OS X with a low-memory footprint. It supports HTTP and ShoutCast streams, buffering, caching, recording, and PCM sample access.

## Use cases
- play internet radio streams in an iOS app
- stream audio with low memory usage on iPhone
- build a ShoutCast radio player for Mac
- cache streamed audio files locally for offline replay
- record an audio stream to a file
- access raw PCM samples for an audio visualizer

## When to choose
- you need a native Objective-C audio streaming player for iOS or macOS
- memory and CPU efficiency are critical on mobile devices
- you need ShoutCast metadata support or stream recording

## When to avoid
- you need cross-platform (Android, Windows) audio streaming
- you prefer Swift-first or actively maintained alternatives like AVPlayer-based solutions
- you need formats beyond HTTP/ShoutCast streaming

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: audio-processing, streaming
- domain: mobile-development, media
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: objective-c, audio-player, internet-radio, shoutcast, low-memory, streaming-audio, audio, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- muhku/FreeStreamer (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.108736+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 2026-08-30T02:55:26.068947+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/muhku/FreeStreamer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.108736+00:00, sha 51a82bfef325)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.