# Sandakan/Nora

An elegant music player built using Electron and React. Inspired from Oto Music for Android by Piyush Mamidwar.

Repository: https://github.com/Sandakan/Nora
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nora
Homepage: https://noramusic.netlify.app
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: desktop-app, electron, music, music-player, reactjs, lyrics
Last push: 2026-08-14T05:33:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1637, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": 522, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1201, forks 57 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.245780+00:00)

## What it is
Nora is an elegant cross-platform desktop music player built with Electron and React, inspired by Oto Music for Android. It offers library management, synced lyrics, Last.fm scrobbling, playlists, and light/dark themes.

## Use cases
- play local music files on desktop
- view synced lyrics while listening to songs
- organize music library with playlists and metadata editing
- scrobble listening history to last.fm
- use a lightweight mini-player while working

## When to choose
- you want a beautiful, modern desktop music player for local files
- you need synced lyrics support on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you want Last.fm integration and playlist management in one app

## When to avoid
- you need streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music
- you want a terminal-based or minimal audio player
- you need advanced audio DSP features like equalizer customization

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, gui, search-engine
- domain: media, desktop-applications, entertainment
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: music-player, lyrics, lastfm-scrobbling, react, typescript, playlists, desktop, electron, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- Sandakan/Nora (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.245780+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 2026-08-30T06:20:39.577606+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Sandakan/Nora (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.245780+00:00, sha a6b85ce0bf0b)
  - homepage: https://noramusic.netlify.app (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:57.684717+00:00, sha 5058f78bc262)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.