# losnoco/Cog

Cog - A Free and Open Source Audio Player for macOS 10.15+

Repository: https://github.com/losnoco/Cog
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/losnoco-cog
Homepage: https://cog.losno.co
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: player, cog, macos, audio-player, music-player
Last push: 2026-08-17T03:30:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3762, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1014, forks 66 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.872728+00:00)

## What it is
Cog is a free and open source audio player for macOS 10.15+, originally by Vincent Spader and now maintained by Christopher Snowhill (kode54). It supports a very wide range of audio formats with gapless playback, equalizer, Last.fm scrobbling, and streaming support.

## Use cases
- play flac files on mac
- gapless audio playback macos
- play dsd and dsdiff files
- listen to shoutcast and icecast streams
- play midi files with soundfonts
- scrobble to last.fm from mac
- play cue sheets with album artwork

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight native macOS player that plays nearly any audio format
- you need gapless playback and lossless format support
- you want streaming, MIDI, or CUE sheet support in one player

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform player (macOS only)
- you want a library-management or music-store style app
- you need a player for Windows or Linux

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: audio-player, music-player, gapless-playback, lossless-audio, lastfm-scrobbling, equalizer, midi-playback, audio, macos

## Member repositories
- losnoco/Cog (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.872728+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 2026-08-30T07:11:33.378196+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/losnoco/Cog (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.872728+00:00, sha 2144a59ff390)
  - homepage: https://cog.losno.co (fetched 2026-08-29T13:10:50.940376+00:00, sha 0999d6aa53d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.