# harjot-oberai/MusicDNA

A Music Player for android that renders beautiful DNA(Visualization) of the currently playing music.

Repository: https://github.com/harjot-oberai/MusicDNA
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/musicdna
Language: Java
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: android, music-player, visualizer, soundcloud
Last push: 2019-05-31T00:42:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3777, "days_push": 2652, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2853, forks 579 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:25.757190+00:00)

## What it is
An Android music player that renders a real-time DNA-shaped visualization of the currently playing track using Android's Visualizer FFT data. It plays local music, streams from SoundCloud, and includes an equalizer with bass boost and reverb effects.

## Use cases
- play local music on android with a live audio visualization
- stream music from soundcloud on android
- music player with equalizer and bass boost
- visualize audio as a dna animation while listening
- open-source android music player app

## When to choose
- you want an android music player with unique real-time visualizations
- you need soundcloud streaming combined with local playback
- you want an open-source player with a built-in equalizer

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained app - the last release was in 2019
- you need iOS or desktop support
- you require a non-visual, minimal music player
- you need guaranteed soundcloud support - it requires your own API client id and the API has changed since

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, android-tools, entertainment
- platform: -
- tags: music-player, audio-visualizer, soundcloud-streaming, equalizer, java, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- harjot-oberai/MusicDNA (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.757190+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 2026-08-29T18:48:30.905292+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/harjot-oberai/MusicDNA (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.757190+00:00, sha 50cd7cf5b35f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.