# nukeop/nuclear

Streaming music player that finds free music for you

Repository: https://github.com/nukeop/nuclear
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nuclear
Homepage: https://nuclearplayer.com
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: music-player, music, linux, windows, mac, streaming, desktop-app, react, rust, tauri, typescript, ai, mcp, mcp-server, agent, spotify
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:18:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3632, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 18, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 69}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 18347, forks 1323 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:26.591550+00:00)

## What it is
Nuclear is a free, open-source desktop music player that streams free music from multiple sources via a plugin system, with playlists, queue management, favorites, and themes. It also exposes an MCP server so AI agents can control playback, search, queues, and playlists.

## Use cases
- play free streaming music on my desktop without ads or tracking
- search and stream songs from multiple sources in one app
- build and import playlists from any music service
- let my AI agent control music playback via MCP
- customize my music player with themes and plugins
- find a spotify alternative that runs on linux

## When to choose
- you want an ad-free, privacy-respecting desktop music player on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you want to aggregate free music sources through a plugin store
- you want AI-agent control of a music player via Model Context Protocol
- you value extensibility, theming, and playlist import/export

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight player with low memory footprint
- you require guaranteed availability of specific tracks or licensed catalogs
- you need a signed, app-store-distributed installer (macOS Gatekeeper workaround required)
- you want a mobile or web-based player

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, plugin-system, mcp, search-engine, http-server
- domain: media, entertainment, desktop-applications, cross-platform, artificial-intelligence
- platform: windows, rust
- tags: music-player, music-streaming, tauri, react, playlists, themes, mcp-server, ad-free, privacy, linux, macos, desktop, typescript

## Member repositories
- nukeop/nuclear (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.591550+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 2026-08-29T17:02:04.301980+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nukeop/nuclear (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.591550+00:00, sha 0080331e963e)
  - homepage: https://nuclearplayer.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.357266+00:00, sha c0d5fb4c2ae3)
  - site_page: https://docs.nuclearplayer.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.360072+00:00, sha 362f3fccddf2)
  - site_page: https://docs.nuclearplayer.com/nuclear/user-manual/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.361962+00:00, sha 4137f175ef6c)
  - site_page: https://docs.nuclearplayer.com/nuclear/user-manual/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.364080+00:00, sha 35fdfb20e101)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.